Lipid-based biofuel production from wastewater

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-16

  Muller, Emilie EL ^a   Sheik, Abdul R ^a   Wilmes, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; LIPIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL SYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; COMPREHENSIVE RECOVERY; INTRACELLULAR STORES; ORGANIC MOLECULES; WASTEWATER STREAMS;

BACTERIA;

BIODIESEL; LIPID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WAX; BIOFUEL; WASTE WATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FERMENTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROTHRIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESTERIFICATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; BIOMASS CONVERSION; ENERGY YIELD; LIPOGENESIS; PYROLYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; LIPID METABOLISM; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84899058250     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.03.007     Document Type: Review

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