Table 1 Bacterial strains used in this study

From: Systems biology approach for enhancing limonene yield by re-engineering Escherichia coli

Name

Description

Reference

Remarks

E. coli DH5a (ECOS 101)

endA1 recA1 relA1 deoR gyrA96 nupG hsdR17(rk–, mk + ) supE44 thi-1 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 Φ80 lacZΔM15 λ– F–

Yeastern Biotech

Used for cloning.

E. coli K-12 MG1655

F- lambda- ilvG- rfb-50 rph-1

ATCC 700926

Used for limonene production.

EcoCTs03

E. coli K-12 MG1655 strain transformed with pJBEI-6409

This study

Strain for limonene production.

HK overexpressed

E. coli K-12 MG1655 strain transformed with pJBEI-6409 and EcoCTs-CPMS5-glk

This study

Strain for limonene production with glucokinase overexpression.

E. coli K-12 MG1655 ΔldhA

E. coli K-12 MG1655 with deletion of ldhA gene

This study

Used for limonene production.

E. coli K-12 MG1655 ΔadhE

E. coli K-12 MG1655 with deletion of adhE gene

This study

Used for limonene production.

LDH KO

E. coli K-12 MG1655 ΔldhA strain transformed with pJBEI-6409

This study

Strain for limonene production.

ALDH-ADH KO

E. coli K-12 MG1655 ΔadhE strain transformed with pJBEI-6409

This study

Strain for limonene production.