运动发酵单胞菌作为天然生产乙醇的主要微生物之一,具有特殊的Entner Doudoroff途径和其他一些特殊的糖代谢和能量代谢方式,因此具有乙醇产率高和乙醇耐受力强的显著特点。通过简述运动发酵单胞菌的糖代谢和能量代谢、乙醇和高渗透压等耐性及其遗传改造三方面的研究进展,阐明其应用于燃料乙醇生产的巨大潜力
Zymomonas mobilis is one of the natural ethanologenic microbes. With the unique Entner-Doudoroff pathway and some other special pathways of glycolytic and energetic metabolism,Z.mobilis has remarkable characters of higher rate of ethanol production and higher tolerance to ethanol. Glycolytic and energetic metabolism, tolerances (e.g., to ethanol, osmotic stress, etc.) and genetic improvements ofZ.mobilis are reviewed to elucidate the huge potential ofZ.mobilis in fuel ethanol production.