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Table 1 Glycerol consumption, product synthesis, and carbon recovery in cell mass and fermentation products during the microaerobic utilization of glycerol in minimal medium by wild-type and engineered strains a

From: Efficient synthesis of L-lactic acid from glycerol by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Strain

Glycerol consumed (g/L)

Product synthesized (g/L)

Carbon recoveryb

Acetate

Succinate

Ethanol

Lactate

Pyruvate

Biomass

Products

Overall

Wild-type strain

 

MG1655

19.1 (0.1)

2.9 (0.1)

2.4 (0.0)

2.1 (0.1)

1.6 (0.3)

0.0 (0.0)

1.2 (0.0)

67.4 (1.4)

75.4 (1.6)

Strains engineered for the production of D-lactate

    

LA01

18.2 (1.1)

0.6 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

12.3 (0.6)

0.0 (0.0)

1.4 (0.0)

74.9 (3.4)

84.3 (3.7)

LA02

15.6 (1.8)

0.6 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

10.9 (1.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.2 (0.1)

77.6 (2.8)

87.4 (3.4)

Strains engineered for the production of L-lactate

 

LA06

11.0 (0.2)

2.0 (0.1)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.2 (0.0)

27.8 (0.5)

67.2 (0.9)

LA07

9.8 (0.7)

1.2 (0.4)

0.2 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.35 (0.1)

20.7 (5.5)

34.0 (2.2)

LA06 (pZS)

9.8 (0.1)

1.8 (0.1)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.1 (0.1)

29.2 (1.6)

70.0 (0.1)

LA07 (pZS)

9.9 (0.2)

1.5 (0.0)

0.3 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.4 (0.0)

30.1 (0.6)

46.7 (2.0)

LA06 (pZSldh)

11.8 (0.1)

0.6 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

6.4 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.3 (0.0)

64.9 (0.2)

78.6 (0.2)

LA07 (pZSldh)

10.9 (0.5)

0.2 (0.0)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

6.7 (0.4)

0.0 (0.0)

0.3 (0.1)

65.7 (2.9)

70.4 (1.9)

LA19

16.2 (0.2)

1.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

9.1 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.9 (0.1)

67.4 (0.2)

74.5 (1.1)

LA20

15.4 (0.1)

0.4 (0.0)

0.2 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

9.4 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

1.0 (0.1)

67.7 (0.2)

75.8 (0.5)

LA19 (pZSKLMgldA)

16.6 (0.6)

1.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

0.2 (0.0)

10.9 (0.4)

0.0 (0.0)

0.4 (0.0)

79.0 (0.4)

82.1 (0.9)

LA19 (pZSglpKglpD)

16.8 (0.9)

0.7 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

11.7 (1.2)

0.0 (0.0)

0.8 (0.0)

79.7 (3.9)

85.9 (3.8)

LA19 (pZSldh)

13.2 (1.6)

0.6 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

7.4 (1.3)

0.0 (0.0)

0.7 (0.1)

65.6 (4.6)

74.4 (3.4)

LA20 (pZSKLMgldA)

15.2 (0.3)

0.4 (0.1)

0.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

10.1 (0.5)

0.0 (0.0)

0.9 (0.2)

72.9 (1.5)

80.3 (3.1)

LA20 (pZSglpKglpD)

18.6 (0.4)

0.6 (0.0)

0.2 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

13.7 (0.7)

0.0 (0.0)

0.8 (0.0)

76.4 (1.7)

82.8 (1.6)

LA20 (pZSldh)

15.3 (0.2)

0.2 (0.0)

0.2 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

10.0 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.9 (0.0)

70.5 (1.6)

77.6 (2.0)

LA20 (pZSglpK.glpD)c

41.0 (0.0)

1.0 (0.0)

0.7 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

32.6 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

1.1 (0.0)

86.4 (0.3)

89.6 (0.3)

LA20ΔlldD (pZSglpKglpD)c

41.6 (0.0)

0.8 (0.0)

0.6 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

34.7 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

1.6 (0.0)

90.3 (0.0)

95.0 (0.1)

LA20ΔlldD (pZSglpKglpD)d

40.4 (0.0)

0.9 (0.0)

0.9 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

32.8 (0.1)

0.0 (0.0)

1.1 (0.0)

88.4 (0.2)

91.9 (0.1)

LA20ΔlldD pZSglpKglpD)e

57.2 (0.0)

1.6 (0.0)

1.2 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

50.1 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

2.0 (0.0)

95.2 (0.1)

99.4 (0.7)

  1. a Data represent the average of three samples (standard deviations shown in parenthesis) taken from 36-hour shake flask cultures grown on minimal medium supplemented with 20 g/L of glycerol, unless otherwise specified.
  2. b Carbon recovery is expressed as the percent mol of carbon in product, including biomass, per mol of carbon in glycerol consumed. The column “product” shows the total recovery of carbon in products, assuming that moles of acetate plus moles of ethanol equals moles of 1-C compounds (formate plus CO2) generated by the dissimilation of pyruvate. The column “overall” shows the overall carbon recovery, including products and biomass.
  3. c Cultures in which 40 g/L of glycerol was used and samples were taken at 72 hours (all glycerol was consumed).
  4. d A culture in which 40 g/L of crude glycerol derived from biodiesel production was used and samples were taken at 72 hours (all glycerol was consumed).
  5. e A culture in which 60 g/L of crude glycerol (40 g/L initially present and 20 g/L added at 48 hours) was used and samples were taken at 84 hours (~ 57 g/L of glycerol were consumed).
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