Table 2.

Effect of plasmid-based overexpression of genes on lycopene production in the CIChE strain E. coli CBW12241^*

Plasmid	OD600	Lycopene concentration (mg/L)	Specific lycopene content (mg/gDCW)
pBAD24	9.54 ± 0.73	57.79 ± 1.60	19.01 ± 1.64
pBappY	8.95 ± 0.08	57.75 ± 0.49	20.16 ± 0.18
pBidi	10.20 ± 0.22	62.49 ± 1.43	19.15 ± 0.66
pBpck	10.28 ± 0.46	58.87 ± 2.34	17.90 ± 0.15
pBpps	10.51 ± 0.57	60.11 ± 0.97	17.91 ± 1.29
pBrpoS	10.91 ± 0.34	60.17 ± 1.54	17.25 ± 0.99
pBycgW	10.53 ± 0.42	60.43 ± 0.92	17.96 ± 0.54
pByjiD	10.54 ± 0.10	58.29 ± 0.34	17.28 ± 0.07
pBdxs	10.25 ± 0.45	62.02 ± 1.66	18.91 ± 0.47
pQE30	7.72 ± 0.13	52.92 ± 1.53	21.42 ± 0.67
pQwrbA	13.76 ± 0.47	7.51 ± 0.58	1.71 ± 0.13
pQydeO	13.19 ± 0.17	9.81 ± 0.62	2.33 ± 0.15
pQatpE	9.73 ± 0.17	45.21 ± 0.67	14.53 ± 0.06
pQdxs	11.49 ± 0.31	25.62 ± 1.84	6.97 ± 0.64

^a Cells were cultured in SBMSN medium supplemented with 5 g/L KAc without triclosan at 37°C for 48 h. Data represent means of triplicate cultures ± standard deviation.