Microbial hydrocarbons: Back to the future

Biofuels

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-105

  Work, Victoria H ^a   Beliaev, Alexander S ^b   Konopka, Allan E ^b   Posewitz, Matthew C ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

algae; cyanobacteria; hydrocarbon; isoprene; isoprenoid; mevalonate; non mevalonate; photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84857527660     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/BFS.12.3     Document Type: Editorial

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