Microbial communities for bioprocessing: lessons learned from nature

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-109

  Peng, Xuefeng “Nick” ^a,b   Gilmore, Sean P ^a   O'Malley, Michelle A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOINFORMATICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOPROCESSING; BIOPRODUCTS; BOTTOM UP; CO-CULTURES; IS-ENABLED; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 84988849832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2016.09.003     Document Type: Review

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