23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

Genome-scale metabolic network reconstruction and in silico analysis of Methanococcus maripaludis S2

Nishu Goyal^a, Hanifah Widiastuti^a, Iftekhar A. Karimi^a and George Zhou Zhi^b,    ^aDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576, National University of Singapore, ^bDivision of Environmental Science and Engineering, Block E1A #02-19, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576, National University of Singapore

Abstract

Methane (Natural gas) is an important energy source for heating and electricity. Its production by methanogenic bacteria using different carbon substrates is widely known in nature. Methanococcus maripaludis S2, a methanogen is an excellent laboratory strain for which robust genetic tools ...