Integrated bioprocess for conversion of gaseous substrates to liquids

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 3773-3778

  Hu, Peng ^a   Chakraborty, Sagar ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Woolston, Benjamin ^a   Liu, Hongjuan ^a,b   Emerson, David ^a   Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co2 fixation; Gas to liquid fuel; Lipid production; Microbial fermentation; Two stage bioprocess

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; NATURAL GAS; BIOFUEL; GAS;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL GASIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; LIQUID; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOREACTOR; YARROWIA;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; GASES; YARROWIA;

EID: 84962427368     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516867113     Document Type: Article

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