Bioproduction of butanol from biomass: from genes to bioreactors

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-227

  Ezeji, Thaddeus Chukwuemeka ^a   Qureshi, Nasib ^b   Blaschek, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FERMENTATION; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PROPYLENE; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE-BUTANOL-ETHANOL (ABE) FERMENTATION; ALDOL PROCESS; BIOPRODUCTION;

BUTENES;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; CARBOHYDRATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOMASS; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL RECYCLE REACTOR; CLOSTRIDIA; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENETIC STRAIN; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; REDUCTION; REVIEW; TOXICITY;

1-BUTANOL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34249981232     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.04.002     Document Type: Review

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