Methanol-based industrial biotechnology: current status and future perspectives of methylotrophic bacteria

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Schrader, Jens ^a   Schilling, Martin ^a   Holtmann, Dirk ^a   Sell, Dieter ^a   Filho, Murillo Villela ^b   Marx, Achim ^b   Vorholt, Julia A ^c  

^a KARL WINNACKER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-PROCESSES; BIOPROCESS; BUILDING BLOCKS; BULK CHEMICALS; CARBON SOURCES; CURRENT STATUS; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SINGLE-CELL PROTEINS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHANOL;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BIOGAS; METHANOL;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SOURCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ARCHAEA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METHANOL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58849109320     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.10.009     Document Type: Review

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