The synthesis of butyric and caproic acids from ethanol and acetic acid by Clostridium kluyveri
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Chain elongation of short-chain fatty acids and alcohols such as acetate and ethanol to longer carboxylic acids can occur via the reverse β-oxidation pathway.
“Chain elongation of short-chain fatty acids and alcohols such as acetate and ethanol to longer carboxylic acids can occur via the reverse β-oxidation pathway (Barker et al., 1945; Spirito et al., 2014; Angenent et al., 2016).”
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Carbon Dioxide Utilization in the Synthesis of Acetic Acid by Clostridium Thermoaceticum
Barker, H. A., & Kamen, M. D. (1945) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.31.8.219 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
Self-citationCarbon Dioxide Utilization in the Synthesis of Acetic and Butyric Acids by Butyribacterium Rettgeri
Barker, H. A., Kamen, M. D., & Haas, V. A. (1945) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.31.11.355 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
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- Barker, H. A., and Kamen, M. D., these PROCEEDINGS, 31, 219-225 (1945).
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- Authors
- Barker, H. A., Kamen, M. D., & Bornstein, B. T.
- Affiliations
- Division of Plant Nutrition, University of California
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1945-12
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 373-381
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC1078850
- OpenAlex
- W2094220414
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Biochemical and biochemical processes
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Keywords
- butyrate, hexanoic acid, Clostridium kluyveri, ethanol, acetic acid, fatty acid synthesis, bacterial metabolism
- MeSH terms
- Acetates, Ethanol, Bacteria, Butyrates, Caproates, Clostridium, Acetic Acid, Butyric Acid, Clostridium kluyveri
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