Bio-based production of chemicals, materials and fuels - Corynebacterium glutamicum as versatile cell factory

► C. glutamicum as production platform for a rich bio-based product portfolio. ► Systems metabolic engineering of C. glutamicum is driving industrial strain optimization. ► Synthetic cell factories can compete with classical production strains from 50 years of optimization. ► Exploitation of non-food feedstocks is gaining importance for sustainable production. ► Synthetic metabolic engineering extends applications to artificial pathways and non-natural chemicals.