Biofuel alternatives to ethanol: pumping the microbial well

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Fortman, J L ^a,b   Chhabra, Swapnil ^b,c   Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila ^b,c   Chou, Howard ^b,d   Lee, Taek Soon ^b,c   Steen, Eric ^b,d   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FOOD PRODUCTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MICROBIAL ENGINEERINGS; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BIOFUELS;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; FATTY ACID ESTER; HYDROGEN; ISOPRENOID;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 45049086849     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.03.008     Document Type: Review

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