Research Advances on Molecular Techniques for Improving Microbial Tolerance to Organic Solvents
Organic-solvent-tolerant microorganisms can survive and grow in the higher concentrations of organic solvents, which exhibit significant application advantages in the field of the non-aqueous phase biocatalysis. Compared to natural screening, long-term domestication and traditional mutagenesis methods, molecular technique is a more rational and efficient way to obtain organic-solvent-tolerant strains. This paper mainly summarizes the research advances on the improvement of microbial organic-solvent tolerance by the reformation of functional genes related to the resistance to organic solvents and transcriptional factors using molecular biology techniques, also prospects the application of organic-solvent-tolerant strain.