A Ferment of Fermentations: Reflections on the Production of Commodity Chemicals Using Microorganisms

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-32

  Bentley, Ronald ^a   Bennett, Joan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; CHEMICAL AGENT; CITRIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; GLYCEROL; KOJIC ACID; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EXPERIENCE; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; FREEZE DRYING; FUNGUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; GLUCONATES; GLYCEROL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLINS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 41549100688     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(07)00001-9     Document Type: Review

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