Butanol fuel from biomass: Revisiting abe fermentation

Biofuels

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 571-586

  Sukumaran, Rajeev K ^a   Gottumukkala, Lalitha Devi ^a   Rajasree, Kuniparambil ^a   Alex, Deepthy ^a   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

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EID: 84879489748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385099-7.00026-7     Document Type: Chapter

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