Toward glycerol biorefinery: metabolic engineering for the production of biofuels and chemicals from glycerol

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Zhen ^a,b   Liu, Dehua ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Advanced Composite Materials Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Biofuel; Biorefinery; Glycerol; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; FEEDSTOCKS; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFINING;

BIOCHEMICAL; BIOREFINERIES; BIOTRANSFORMATION PROCESS; DEGREE OF REDUCTION; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; INDUSTRIAL STRAIN; PRODUCT SPECTRUMS; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CRUDE OIL; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84990821347     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0625-8     Document Type: Review

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