Whole cell biocatalysts: essential workers from Nature to the industry

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 250-263

  de Carvalho, Carla C C R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ARTEMISIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARNITINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; NICOTINAMIDE; STEROID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; ENZYME;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTREMOPHILE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MARINE BACTERIUM; METAGENOMICS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WHOLE CELL; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84964931777     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12363     Document Type: Review

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