1,3-Propanediol and its copolymers: Research, development and industrialization

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1137-1148

  Liu, Hongjuan ^a   Xu, Yunzhen ^a   Zheng, Zongming ^b   Liu, Dehua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1,3 Propanediol; Copolymer; Development; Polytrimethylene terephthalate; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; BIO-BASED; COMMODITY CHEMICALS; DEVELOPMENT; ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FLEXIBLE PROCESS; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; PROPANEDIOLS; SPECIALTY CHEMICALS; SUSTAINABILITY;

COPOLYMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; PILOT PLANTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOPLASTICS; WEAVING;

PRODUCTION;

1,3 PROPANEDIOL; FOSSIL FUEL; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PETROLEUM; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BATCH FERMENTATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78349254273     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000140     Document Type: Review

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