Genome-scale reconstruction and metabolic modelling of the fast-growing thermophile Geobacillus sp. LC300.

ABSTRACT: Thermophilic microorganisms show high potential for use as biorefinery cell factories. Their high growth temperatures provide fast conversion rates, lower risk of contaminations, and facilitated purification of volatile products. To date, only a few thermophilic species have been utilized for microbial production purposes, and the development of production strains is impeded by the lack of metabolic engineering tools. In this study, we constructed a genome-scale metabolic model, an important part of the metabolic engineering pipeline, of the fast-growing thermophile Geobacillus sp. LC300. The model (iGEL604) contains 604 genes, 1249 reactions and 1311 metabolites, and the reaction reversibility is based on thermodynamics at the optimum growth temperature. The growth phenotype is ana

SUBMITTER: Ljungqvist E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9678985 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature