Improving butanol fermentation to enter the advanced biofuel market

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tracy, Bryan P ^a  

^a Elcriton Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE;

ACETOACETATE DECARBOXYLASE GENE; ADHE1 GENE; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CARBOXIDIVORANS; CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CTFA GENE; CTFB GENE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FERMENTATION OPTIMIZATION; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYDROGENATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84872154202     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00518-12     Document Type: Article

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