The scarab gut: A potential bioreactor for bio-fuel production

Insect Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-183

  Huang, Sheng Wei ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a   Marshall, Sean ^b   Jackson, Trevor A ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bio fuel; Bioreactor; Cellulolytic enzymes; Microflora; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; OVIS ARIES; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 77954172380     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01320.x     Document Type: Review

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