Microbial conversion of glycerol into 1,3-propanediol: Glycerol assimilation, biochemical events related with 1,3-propanediol biosynthesis and biochemical engineering of the process

Microbial Conversions of Raw Glycerol

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 137-168

  Papanikolaou, Seraphim ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

1,3 propanediol; Bio diesel; Clostridium butyricum; DHAregulon; Fermentation; Glycerol assimilation; Kinetics; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Modeling; Process

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EID: 67249132800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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