White biotechnology. The application of biotechnology to industrial production holds many promises for sustainable development, but many products still have to pass the test of economic viability

EMBO Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 835-837

  Frazzetto, Giovanni ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIOPOLYMER; FUEL; GASOLINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYACID; LIGNIN; PLASTIC; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER; 1,3 PROPANEDIOL; BIOETHANOL; CEFALEXIN; ELASTOMER; FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; HERBICIDE; LACTIC ACID; NYLON; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; POLYMER; PROTON; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; MOULD; PACKAGING; PAPER; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; YEAST CELL; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ATMOSPHERE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BUILDING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMER; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA MODIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LANDFILL; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC FOOD; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION; POLYMERIZATION; POTATO; SUGARCANE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WHEAT; BIOREMEDIATION; ECONOMICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL;

EID: 2342488258     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor928     Document Type: Article

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