Gas fermentation of C1 feedstocks: commercialization status and future prospects

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1103-1117

  Teixeira, Leonardo V ^a   Moutinho, Liza F ^a   Romão Dumaresq, Aline S ^a  

^a Textile Industrial Engineering   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biotechnology; C1 feedstock; carbon dioxide; greenhouse gas; methane; technology status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056854851     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1912     Document Type: Review

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