Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for production of n-butanol from crude glycerol
Abstract Background Crude glycerol in the waste stream of the biodiesel production process is an abundant and renewable resource. However, the glycerol-based industry is usually afflicted by the cost for refinement of crude glycerol. This issue can be addressed by developing a microbial process to c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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Series: | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-017-0857-2 |