Year: 1985
Type: article
Abstract: The production of acetone by Clostridium acetobutylicum was favoured when acetate was added to the culture medium. In the presence of acetate an increase of the acetone concentration from 4.2 to 10.1 g per liter was noted without any change of the butanol concentration. The coenzyme A transferase and the acetoacetate carboxylase were not limiting factors since the addition of acetic acid allowed the biosynthesis of acetone to increase. The control of acetate production by the cells, which is not coupled to the butanol formation, is the key point of the acetone biosynthesis.
Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters
Institution: Université Henri Poincaré
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2000007741