Fuel Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Raw Materials Using Recombinant Yeasts

Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies for Global Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 261-291

  Stanley, Grant ^a   Hahn Hägerdal, Bärbel ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellulase and hemicellulase expression by S. cerevisiae; Fermenting microorganisms; Fuel ethanol production from lignocellulosic raw materials using recombinant yeasts; Hemicellulase expression in S. cerevisiae; Lignocellulose fermentation and ethanol inhibition; Lignocellulosic raw material lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose; Lignocellulosic raw material conversion to ethanol; Manufacturing approach of consolidated bioprocessing (CBP); Pentose fermenting S. cerevisiae strains; Three independent deletion library screens of S. cerevisiae genes and ethanol tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884058355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750025.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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