Recent advances in feedstocks and enzyme-immobilised technology for effective transesterification of lipids into biodiesel

Microbial Factories: Biofuels, Waste treatment: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 87-103

  Verma, Madan L ^a   Barrow, Colin J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2598-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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