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Philippe Soucaille is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research activity is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Soucaille's work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Building and Construction, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics emphasize microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, biofuel production and bioconversion, CRISPR and genetic engineering, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, gene regulatory network analysis, and studies related to Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens.

Philippe Soucaille has contributed to several scholarly publications, some of which include:

  • Synthetic Biology on Acetogenic Bacteria for Highly Efficient Conversion of C1 Gases to Biochemicals, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Molecular characterization of the missing electron pathways for butanol synthesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Improved CRISPR/Cas9 Tools for the Rapid Metabolic Engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Genome Sequence of Eubacterium limosum B2 and Evolution for Growth on a Mineral Medium with Methanol and CO2 as Sole Carbon Sources, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Chromosomal integration of the pSOL1 megaplasmid of Clostridium acetobutylicum for continuous and stable advanced biofuels production, 2024, Nature Microbiology

Their frequent coauthors include Nigel P. Minton, Céline Foulquier, Minyeong Yoo, Isabelle Meynial-Salles, and Claudio Tomi-Andrino.

Philippe Soucaille's publications are often featured in journals such as Microorganisms, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Nature Communications, Nature Microbiology, and PLoS Computational Biology.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Solvent-Producing Bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum

    J Nölling;G Breton;M V Omelchenko;K S Makarova;K S Makarova

  • Molecular Characterization and Transcriptional Analysis of adhE2, the Gene Encoding the NADH-Dependent Aldehyde/Alcohol Dehydrogenase Responsible for Butanol Production in Alcohologenic Cultures of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

    Lisa Fontaine;Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Laurence Girbal;Xinghong Yang

  • Regulation of carbon and electron flow in Clostridium acetobutylicum grown in chemostat culture at neutral pH on mixtures of glucose and glycerol.

    I Vasconcelos;L Girbal;P Soucaille

  • Molecular characterization of the 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) operon of Clostridium butyricum

    Céline Raynaud;Patricia Sarçabal;Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Christian Croux

  • The genes for butanol and acetone formation in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 reside on a large plasmid whose loss leads to degeneration of the strain.

    Emmanuel Cornillot;Ramesh V. Nair;Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis;Philippe Soucaille

  • Metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for the industrial production of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol.

    María González-Pajuelo;Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Filipa Mendes;Jose Carlos Andrade

  • Relating diffusion along the substrate tunnel and oxygen sensitivity in hydrogenase

    Pierre-Pol Liebgott;Fanny Leroux;Fanny Leroux;Bénédicte Burlat;Bénédicte Burlat;Sébastien Dementin

  • Regulation of carbon and electron flow in Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266 grown on glucose-glycerol mixtures.

    Sylvie Saint-Amans;Laurence Girbal;Jose Andrade;Kerstin Ahrens

  • A new process for the continuous production of succinic acid from glucose at high yield, titer, and productivity.

    Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Sophie Dorotyn;Philippe Soucaille

  • 3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde, an Inhibitory Metabolite of Glycerol Fermentation to 1,3-Propanediol by Enterobacterial Species

    F Barbirato;J P Grivet;P Soucaille;A Bories

  • Microbial Conversion of Glycerol to 1,3-Propanediol: Physiological Comparison of a Natural Producer, Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266, and an Engineered Strain, Clostridium acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5)

    María González-Pajuelo;Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Filipa Mendes;Philippe Soucaille

  • Evidence for conduction of protons along the interface between water and a polar lipid monolayer

    J Teissié;M Prats;P Soucaille;J F Tocanne

  • Insight into the mechanism of the B12-independent glycerol dehydratase from Clostridium butyricum: preliminary biochemical and structural characterization.

    Jessica Rae O'Brien;Celine Raynaud;Christian Croux;Laurence Girbal

  • Regulation of metabolic shifts in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

    Laurence Girbal;Christian Croux;Isabel Vasconcelos;Philippe Soucaille

  • Metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 for the high-yield production of a biofuel composed of an isopropanol/butanol/ethanol mixture.

    Simon Dusséaux;Christian Croux;Christian Croux;Christian Croux;Philippe Soucaille;Philippe Soucaille;Philippe Soucaille;Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Isabelle Meynial-Salles;Isabelle Meynial-Salles

  • Homologous and heterologous overexpression in Clostridium acetobutylicum and characterization of purified clostridial and algal Fe-only hydrogenases with high specific activities.

    Laurence Girbal;Gregory von Abendroth;Martin Winkler;Paul M. C. Benton

  • Characterization of the cellulolytic complex (cellulosome) of Clostridium acetobutylicum

    Fabrice Sabathé;Anne Bélaïch;Philippe Soucaille

  • Regulation of Clostridium acetobutylicum metabolism as revealed by mixed-substrate steady-state continuous cultures: role of NADH/NAD ratio and ATP pool.

    L Girbal;P Soucaille

  • Regulation of solvent production in Clostridium acetobutylicum

    Laurence Girbal;Philippe Soucaille

  • How neutral red modified carbon and electron flow in Clostridium acetobutylicum grown in chemostat culture at neutral pH

    Laurence Girbal;Isabel Vasconcelos;Silvie Saint-Amans;Philippe Soucaille

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Léger
Christophe Léger Aix-Marseille University
Gérard Goma
Gérard Goma Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
Luca De Gioia
Luca De Gioia University of Milano-Bicocca
Klaus Winzer
Klaus Winzer University of Nottingham
An-Ping Zeng
An-Ping Zeng Hamburg University of Technology
Jochen Blumberger
Jochen Blumberger University College London
David A. Barrett
David A. Barrett University of Nottingham
Bruno Guigliarelli
Bruno Guigliarelli Aix-Marseille University
Laurent Cournac
Laurent Cournac Aix-Marseille University
Kira S. Makarova
Kira S. Makarova National Institutes of Health

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