Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology

BBL431 (Bioprocess Technology)

Term Paper
March 19, 2018
Marks of the Term Paper- 5

Note: Please study the paper assigned to three of you (please make a group of three students),
write its salient features (why the work was done and significant results), strength and
drawbacks, and submit by April 17, 2018 (not more than 2 pages/ approx. 700-800 words).

1. Mohagheghi A, Evans K, Chou YC, Zhang M. (2002) Co-fermentation of glucose,

xylose, and arabinose by genomic DNA-integrated xylose/arabinose fermenting strain
of Zymomonas mobilis AX101. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 98–100:885–898.
2. Ding, J., Huang, X., Zhang, L., Zhao, N., Yang, D. and Zhang, K. (2009): Tolerance
and stress response to ethanol in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Appl Microbiol
Biotechnol, 85, 253-263.
3. Kawaguchi H, Sasaki M, Vertès AA, Inui M, Yukawa H (2008) Engineering of an L-
arabinose metabolic pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Appl Microbiol
Biotechnol 77:1053–1062.
4. Inui M, Kawaguchi H, Murakami S, Vertès AA, Yukawa H (2004) Metabolic
engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for fuel ethanol production under
oxygen-deprivation conditions. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 8:243–254.
5. Sakai S, Tsuchida Y, Nakamoto H, Okino S, Ichihashi O, Kawaguchi H, Watanabe T,
Inui M, Yukawa H (2007) Effect of lignocellulose-derived inhibitors on growth of
and ethanol production by growth-arrested Corynebacterium glutamicum R. Appl
Environ Microbiol 73:2349–2353.
6. Yanase H, Sato, D, Yamamoto K, Matsuda S, Yamamoto S, Okamoto K (2007)
Genetic engineering of Zymobacter palmae for production of ethanol from xylose.
Appl Environ Microbiol, 73, 2592-2599.
7. Sasaki M, Jojima T, Kawaguchi H, Inui M, Yukawa H (2009) Engineering of pentose
transport in Corynebacterium glutamicum to improve simultaneous utilization of
mixed sugars. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 85:105–115.
8. Hasunuma T, Sung KM, Sanda T, Yoshimura K, Matsuda F, Kondo A. (2011).
Efficient fermentation of xylose to ethanol at high formic acid concentrations by
metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 90,
997-1004.
9. Bi C, Zhang X, Ingram LO, Preston JF (2009) Genetic engineering of Enterobacter
asburiae strain JDR-1 for efficient production of ethanol from hemicellulose
hydrolysates. Appl Environ Microbiol 75:5743–5749.
10. Kojima, M., Akahoshi, T., Yanase, H. (2012) Expression and surface display of
Cellulomonas endoglucanase in the ethanologenic bacterium Zymobacter palmae.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 96, 1093–1104.

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11. Abdel-Rahman MA, Tashiro Y, Zendo T, Hanada K, Shibata K, Sonomoto K. (2011).
Efficient homofermentative L-(+)-lactic acid production from xylose by a novel lactic
acid bacterium, Enterococcus mundtii QU 25. Appl Environ Microbiol, 77, 1892-
1895
12. Ishida N, Saitoh S, Onishi T, Tokuhiro K, Nagamori E, Kitamoto K, Takahashi H.
(2006). The effect of pyruvate decarboxylase gene knockout in Sacchromyces
cerevisiae on L-lactic acid production. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem, 70, 1148-1153.
13. Kylä-Nikkilä K, Hujanen M, Leisola M, Palva A. (2000). Metabolic engineering of
Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ32 for production of pure L-(+)-lactic acid. Appl
Environ Microbiol, 66, 3835-3841.
14. Narita J, Nakahara S, Fukuda H, Kondo A. (2004). Efficient production of L-(+)-
lactic acid from raw starch by Streptococcus bovis 148. J Biosci Bioeng, 97, 423-425.
15. Okano K, Yoshida S, Tanaka T, Ogino C, Fukuda H, Kondo A. (2009). Homo D-
lactic acid fermentation from xylose by introduction of xylose assimilation genes and
redirection of the phosphoketolase pathway to the pentose phosphate pathway in L-
lactate dehydrogenase gene-deficient Lactobacillus plantarum. Appl Environ
Microbiol, 75, 7858-7861.
16. Okino S, Suda M, Fujikura K, Inui M, Yukawa H. (2008). Production of D-lactic acid
by Corynebacterium glutamicum under oxygen deprivation. Appl Microbiol
Biotechnol, 78, 449-454.
17. Saitoh S, Ishida N, Onishi T, Tokuhiro K, Nagamori E, Kitamoto K, Takahashi H.
(2005). Genetically engineered wine yeast produces a high concentration of L-lactic
acid of extremely high optical purity. Appl Environ Microbiol, 71, 2789-2792.
18. Skory CD. (2003). Lactic acid production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing a
Rhizopus oryzae lactate dehydrogenase gene. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol, 30, 22-27.
19. Tokuhiro K, Ishida N, Kondo A, Takahashi H (2008) Lactic fermentation of
cellobiose by a yeast strain displaying beta-glucosidase on the cell surface. Appl
Microbiol Biotechnol. 79, 481-488.
20. Zhou S, Causey TB, Hasona A, Shanmugam KT, Ingram LO. (2003). Production of
optically pure D-lactic acid in mineral salts medium by metabolically engineered
Escherichia coli W3110. Appl Environ Microbiol, 69, 399-407.