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The damaging effects of short chain fatty acids on Escherichia coli membranes

Carboxylic acids are an attractive biorenewable chemical. However, like many other fermentatively produced compounds, they are inhibitory to the biocatalyst. An understanding of the mechanism of toxicity can aid in mitigating this problem. Here, we show that hexanoic and octanoic acids are completel...

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Autores principales: Royce, Liam A., Liu, Ping, Stebbins, Matthew J., Hanson, Benjamin C., Jarboe, Laura R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23912117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5113-5