Biodiesel biorefinery: Opportunities and challenges for microbial production of fuels and chemicals from glycerol waste

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Almeida, João R M ^a   Fávaro, Léia C L ^a   Quirino, Betania F ^a,b  

^a Parque Estação Biológica   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Catalica de Brasilia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuels; Fermentation; Glycerol; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

1 ,3 PROPANEDIOL; 2 ,3-BUTANEDIOL; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; CO-PRODUCTION; CO-PRODUCTS; CONVERSION PROCESS; COPRODUCT; CRUDE GLYCEROL; INDUSTRIAL USE; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; N-BUTANOL; PROCESS CONDITION; PRODUCTION CHAIN;

BIOFUELS; CHEMICALS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ACIDS; REFINING;

BIODIESEL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84867289760     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-48     Document Type: Review

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