Enteric bacterial catalysts for fuel ethanol production

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 855-866

  Ingram, L O ^a,b   Aldrich, H C ^a   Borges, A C C ^a   Causey, T B ^a   Martinez, Alfredo ^a   Morales, Fernando ^a   Saleh, Alif ^a   Underwood, S A ^a   Yomano, L P ^a   York, S W ^a   Zaldivar, Jesus ^a   Zhou, Shengde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Bldg 981 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL; BIOCATALYST; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FUEL; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCUM; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; SACCHARIFICATION; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BACTERIA; BIOCATALYSTS; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIQUID FUELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SACCHARIFICATION;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CELLOBIASE; CELLOTRIOSE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LIGNOCELLULOSE BIOMASS; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLULOSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; KLEBSIELLA; LIGNIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ZYMOMONAS;

EID: 0033199230     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp9901062     Document Type: Article

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