Large-scale bioprocess competitiveness: the potential of dynamic metabolic control in two-stage fermentations

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-136

  Burg, Jonathan M ^a   Cooper, Charles B ^a   Ye, Zhixia ^a   Reed, Benjamin R ^a   Moreb, Eirik A ^a   Lynch, Michael D ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM;

CHEMICAL CATALYST; COMPLEX CHEMICALS; METABOLIC CONTROL; SINGLE UNIT OPERATION; SPECIFIC PRODUCTIVITY; TWO-STAGE FERMENTATIONS; VOLUMETRIC RATES; WHOLE CELL BIOCATALYSTS;

BIOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84991711408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2016.09.008     Document Type: Review

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