Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

In order to decrease carbon emissions and negative environmental impacts of various
pollutants, more bulk and/or fine chemicals are produced by bioprocesses, replacing the …

Diols are chemicals with two hydroxyl groups which have a wide range of appealing
applications as chemicals and fuels. In particular, four diol compounds, namely 1, 3 …

Propanediol, a monomer for synthesis of polytrimethylene terephthalate, polyethers,
polyurethanes, and heterocyclic compounds, has attracted worldwide attention. It can be …

1, 3-Propanediol (1, 3-PDO) is an important chemical which has been widely used in the
cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and especially polymer industries. The production of 1, 3-PDO …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that metabolizes glycerol
efficiently under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This microbe is considered an …

The history of 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PD) conversion from being a specialty chemical to
being a bulk chemical illustrates that the concerted effort of different metabolic engineering …

A mutant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, termed GEM167, was obtained by γ irradiation, in
which glycerol metabolism was dramatically affected on exposure to γ rays. Levels of …

C2–C4 diols classically derived from fossil resource are very important bulk chemicals which
have been used in a wide range of areas, including solvents, fuels, polymers, cosmetics …

Klebsiella pneumoniae converts glycerol to the specialty chemical 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-
PDO), which is used for the production of polytrimethylene terepthalate (PTT). In this study …