ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL

摘要

Disclosed is an isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli, which contains at least a sucrose hydrolase gene belonging to a sucrose non-PTS gene group, and which is provided with or reinforced in an isopropyl alcohol production system. Also disclosed is a method for producing isopropyl alcohol, wherein isopropyl alcohol is produced from a plant-derived starting material, which contains sucrose, using the isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli.