Fuelling the future: Microbial engineering for the production of sustainable biofuels

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 288-304

  Liao, James C ^a,b   Mi, Luo ^a   Pontrelli, Sammy ^a   Luo, Shanshan ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; ISOPRENOID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHANE; OXOACID; LIGNIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUELS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGI; LIGNIN; METHANE; MICROALGAE; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84961922827     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.32     Document Type: Review

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