Recent advances and challenges of the use of cyanobacteria towards the production of biofuels

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Singh, Vijai ^a   Chaudhary, Dharmendra Kumar ^b   Mani, Indra ^c   Dhar, Pawan Kumar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuels; Butanol; Cyanobacteria; Gene regulation; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ENERGY SECURITY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIO-ENERGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL-BASED FUELS; GENE-REGULATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; OIL PRICES; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; SOURCES OF ENERGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84956618566     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.099     Document Type: Review

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