Biological conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen into liquid fuels and industrial chemicals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 376-384

  Hawkins, Aaron S ^a   McTernan, Patrick M ^b   Lian, Hong ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^a   Adams, Michael WW ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL FIXATION; CARBON FIXATION PATHWAY; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; ENERGETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TARGET MOLECULE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ELECTROFUEL PRODUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYME KINETICS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORESPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HYDROGEN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84878655703     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.017     Document Type: Review

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