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Table 3 Product distribution in  % Cmol in culture supernatants of E. coli BW25113 (DE3) and E. coli BW25113(DE3) ΔptaldhA containing pEV, pKV-C, pKV-CGA or pKV-GA after 66 h in pH-controlled bioreactors on MM at 30 °C

From: Metabolic engineering of the mixed-acid fermentation pathway of Escherichia coli for anaerobic production of glutamate and itaconate

Strains and plasmids

Formate

Ethanol

Acetate

Succinate

Lactate

Pyruvate

Itaconate

Citrate

Glutamate

Alanine

Biomass

CO2

C-recovery %

E. coli BW25113 (DE3)

 pEV

15.8

20.4

12.8

6.8

26.7

1.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.7

3.0

0.9

89.5

 pKV-C

14.3

26.2

11.4

5.3

33.5

2.3

0.0

0.5

0.0

1.5

2.2

1.4

98.6

 pKV-CGA

13.5

18.7

9.2

5.9

37.9

1.9

0.1

0.0

2.5

2.3

2.0

1.1

95.0

 pKV-GA

17.9

27.4

13.0

7.0

25.9

1.1

0.0

0.0

1.7

2.2

2.4

0.9

99.4

E. coli BW25113 (DE3) Δpta-ΔldhA

 pEV

0.0

23.0

10.4

18.0

0.1

20.2

0.0

2.7

0.2

3.7

1.8

14.4a

94.4

 pKV-C

0.0

29.7

5.2

17.6

0.1

36.0

0.1

1.5

0.3

3.5

3.2

13.2

110.3

 pKV-CGA

0.0

29.8

3.3

12.1

0.8

17.9

1.2

4.0

13.0

3.6

2.8

16.4

104.9

 pKV-GA

0.1

24.9

3.7

11.0

0.3

13.8

0.0

5.1

19.5

4.2

3.2

15.4

101.2

  1. The average values of duplicate cultures are given
  2. aBased on theoretical CO2 production