Bioprospecting—fuels from fungi

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 973-982

  Strobel, Gary Allan ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Diesel; Endophytes; Hydrocarbons; Mycodiesel; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; CRUDE OIL; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ETHANOL; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID FUELS; PARAFFINS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL SOURCES; COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES; DIESEL; ENDOPHYTES; FERMENTATION PROCESS; MICROBIAL SOURCES; MYCODIESEL; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

LIQUIDS;

BIOFUEL; HYDROCARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENDOPHYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; XYLARIALES;

BIOFUELS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENDOPHYTES; HYDROCARBONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; XYLARIALES;

EID: 84939934772     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1773-9     Document Type: Review

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