Engineering microbes to produce biofuels

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-393

  Wackett, Lawrence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; CHEMICAL CATALYST; ECONOMIC FORCES; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; END-PRODUCTS; FUEL PROPERTIES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORK; MOTOR FUELS; NEW SOURCES; NEXT GENERATION FUELS; RENEWABLE FUELS; TERPENOIDS;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ETHANOL; METABOLISM; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOFUELS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE; DIESEL FUEL; ESTER; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER MODEL; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

BACTERIA; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUELS; CARBON; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 79957978785     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.10.010     Document Type: Review

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