Pathway dissection, regulation, engineering and application: lessons learned from biobutanol production by solventogenic clostridia

Abstract The global energy crisis and limited supply of petroleum fuels have rekindled the interest in utilizing a sustainable biomass to produce biofuel. Butanol, an advanced biofuel, is a superior renewable resource as it has a high energy content and is less hygroscopic than other candidates. At...

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Main Authors: Shubo Li, Li Huang, Chengzhu Ke, Zongwen Pang, Liming Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-020-01674-3