Challenges in engineering microbes for biofuels production

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5813, 2007, Pages 801-804

  Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE;

BIOENERGY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 33846950348     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139612     Document Type: Review

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