Process for producing n-propanol and propionic acid using metabolically engineered propionibacteria

摘要

A metabolically engineered propionibacteria, genomically modified to express a bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase identified as GenBank Gene ID: 6062148; GI: 170080868, having activity on propionyl-CoA, is prepared and used in a fermentative process to biosynthetically prepare n-propanol, propionic acid, or a combination thereof.