Restructuring Upstream Bioprocessing: Technological and Economical Aspects for Production of a Generic Microbial Feedstock from Wheat

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 524-538

  Koutinas, A A ^a   Wang, R ^a   Webb, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus awamori; Continuous bioconversion; Microbial feedstock; Process economics; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENZYMES; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; INTEGRATION; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BIOPROCESSING; BIOREFINERY PROCESSES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTIC; SOLVENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; AUTOLYSIS; BATCH PROCESS; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CEREAL; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FLOUR; FUNGAL CELL; INDUSTRY; MARKET; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; WHEAT; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLUCOSE; GREAT BRITAIN; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; TRITICUM;

ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1442303181     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10888     Document Type: Article

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