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Table 1 Relevant attributes and notable products of unconventional hosts for AAA biosynthesis

From: Advances in engineering microbial biosynthesis of aromatic compounds and related compounds

Species

Attributes

Notable products

K. marxianus

Withstands temperatures up to 52 °C

Utilizes xylose and lactose as carbon sources

Fast growth rate

2-Phenylethanol

Astaxanthin

Y. lipolytica

Catabolizes aromatic compounds

High flux through lipid biosynthesis

2-Phenylethanol

Resveratrol

Naringenin

Violacein

Deoxyviolacein

Protodeoxyviolaceinic acid

Synechocystis

Photosynthetic

Large NADH pool

Natural secretion of aromatic products

Caffeic acid

p-Coumaric acid

Cinnamic acid

C. glutamicum

Amino acid overproducer

Catabolizes aromatic compounds

Stilbenes

(2S)-Flavanones

Hydroxybenzoates

P. putida

Solvent tolerant

Catabolizes aromatic compounds

Highly reductive

Phenol

Cinnamic acid

p-Coumaric acid

p-Hydroxybenzoic acid

p-Hydroxystyrene

Anthranilate

Adipic acid

Polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers

Indigoidine