Lipid and fatty acid metabolism in Ralstonia eutropha: Relevance for the biotechnological production of value-added products

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1469-1483

  Riedel, Sebastian L ^a,b   Lu, Jingnan ^c   Stahl, Ulf ^a   Brigham, Christopher J ^d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY IPK   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Fatty acid; Lipid; Metabolism; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Ralstonia eutropha

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

EID: 84894298411     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5430-8     Document Type: Review

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