RSM	response surface methodology
OFAT	one-factor-at-a-time
CCD	central composition design
WGS	whole genome sequencing
SDS-PAGE	sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
tRNA	transfer RNA
rRNA	ribosomal RNA
RAST	Rapid Annotations using subsystems Technology
BLAST	Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
COG	Clusters of Orthologous Groups
MSM	minimal salt medium
2-HMS	2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde
CCMA	cis, cis–muconic acid; CDSs, coding sequences