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Project

Construction and optimization of the production pathway of chitosan

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

178LA0412

Duration

01 October 2011 → 30 June 2016

Funding

Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO

Promotor

Wim Soetaert

Fellow

Pieter Coussement

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
- Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- Fermentation
- Industrial microbiology
- Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins

Keywords

chitosan

Project description

Pathways to chito oligosaccharides production; Integrating synthetic biology and metabolic engineering for pathway optimization