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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 7, Pages 3761-3769Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3761-3769.2005
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The biosynthesis of trehalose has been previously shown to serve as an important osmoprotectant and stress protectant in Escherichia coli. Our results indicate that overproduction of trehalose (integrated lacI-P-tac-otsBA) above the level produced by the native regulatory system can be used to increase the growth of E. coli in M9-2% glucose medium at 37 degrees C to 41 degrees C and to increase growth at 37 degrees C in the presence of a variety of osmotic-stress agents (hexose sugars, inorganic salts, and pyruvate). Smaller improvements were noted with xylose and some fermentation products (ethanol and pyruvate). Based on these results, overproduction of trehalose may be a useful trait to include in biocatalysts engineered for commodity chemicals.
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