Renewable methanol and formate as microbial feedstocks

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2020, Pages 168-180

  Cotton, Charles AR ^a   Claassens, Nico J ^a   Benito Vaquerizo, Sara ^a   Bar Even, Arren ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDSTOCKS;

ACETOGENS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIO-PRODUCTION; BIOPROCESSING; CARBON ECONOMY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

METHANOL;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACETOGEN; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOPROCESSING; BIOPRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON FIXATION; MICROBIAL FEEDSTOCK; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH;

FORMATES; METHANOL;

EID: 85074689741     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.10.002     Document Type: Review

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