Production of fuels and chemicals from waste by microbiomes

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 391-397

  Marshall, Christopher W ^a   LaBelle, Edward V ^a   May, Harold D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION OF; VALUABLE CHEMICALS; WASTE STREAM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS;

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FUEL; HYDROCARBON; PLASTIC; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; METAGENOME; METHANE; SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84878637526     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.03.016     Document Type: Review

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