Novel strategies for production of medium and high chain length alcohols

Microbial Technologies in Advanced Biofuels Production

Volumn 9781461412083, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-211

  López Contreras, Ana María ^a   Kuit, Wouter ^a   Springer, Jan ^a   Claassen, Pieternel A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ABE fermentation; Acetone; Branched chain alcohol; Butanol; Clostridium; Isopropanol; Long chain alcohol; Recovery methods; Substrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891835171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1208-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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