title: Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals.
abstract: Zymomonas mobilis is a natural ethanologen with many desirable industrial biocatalyst characteristics. In this review, we will discuss work to develop Z. mobilis as a model system for biofuel production from the perspectives of substrate utilization, development for industrial robustness, potential product spectrum, strain evaluation and fermentation strategies. This review also encompasses perspectives related to classical genetic tools and emerging technologies in this context.
authors.affiliation: National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA. shhyoung@hotmail.com.|Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China. shhyoung@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Shihui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.|School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.affiliation: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
authors.forename: Yaoping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Lydia M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37919, USA.
authors.forename: Sagar M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Utturkar
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37919, USA.|BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.|Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Himmel
authors.affiliation: National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA. min.zhang@nrel.gov.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D001688:Biological Products / Q000378:metabolism*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D005285:Fermentation; D060847:Metabolic Engineering / Q000379:methods; D017355:Zymomonas / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D001688:Biological Products