Carbon sources for polyhydroxyalkanoates and an integrated biorefinery

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Guozhan ^a   Hill, David J ^a   Kowalczuk, Marek ^a,b   Johnston, Brian ^a   Adamus, Grazyna ^b   Irorere, Victor ^a   Radecka, Iza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE OF POLYMER AND CARBON MATERIALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Carbon sources; Microorganisms; Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; HEMICELLULOSE HYDROLYSATE; HYDROCARBON; LACTOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHANOL; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; STARCH; STARCH HYDROLYSATE; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; BIOFUEL; CARBON;

ALCALIGENES LATUS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; CARBON; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

EID: 84979072335     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17071157     Document Type: Review

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