Metabolic responses to ethanol and butanol in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Abstract Background Microalgae have been demonstrated to be among the most promising phototrophic species for producing renewable biofuels and chemicals. Ethanol and butanol are clean energy sources with good chemical and physical properties as alternatives to gasoline. However, biosynthesis of thes...

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Main Authors: Yongguang Jiang, Peng Xiao, Qing Shao, Huan Qin, Zhangli Hu, Anping Lei, Jiangxin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-017-0931-9