Microbes paired for biological gas-to-liquids (Bio-GTL) process

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

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 3717-3719

  Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOL; PETROLEUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALGA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BATCH PROCESS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCATALYST; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CATALYST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS; JATROPHA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIPOGENESIS; LIQUID; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SOYBEAN; TRANSESTERIFICATION; UNITED STATES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS;

EID: 84962464719     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601926113     Document Type: Note

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