Continuous photoproduction of hydrocarbon drop-in fuel by microbial cell factories

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Moulin, Solène ^a   Légeret, Bertrand ^a   Blangy, Stéphanie ^a   Sorigué, Damien ^a   Burlacot, Adrien ^a   Auroy, Pascaline ^a   Li Beisson, Yonghua ^a   Peltier, Gilles ^a   Beisson, Fred ^a  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROALGA;

BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT; MICROALGAE;

EID: 85072580933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50261-6     Document Type: Article

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