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Challenges in engineering microbes for biofuels production.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17289987     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Economic and geopolitical factors (high oil prices, environmental concerns, and supply instability) have been prompting policy-makers to put added emphasis on renewable energy sources. For the scientific community, recent advances, embodied in new insights into basic biology and technology that can be applied to metabolic engineering, are generating considerable excitement. There is justified optimism that the full potential of biofuel production from cellulosic biomass will be obtainable in the next 10 to 15 years.
Authors:
Gregory Stephanopoulos
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science (New York, N.Y.)     Volume:  315     ISSN:  1095-9203     ISO Abbreviation:  Science     Publication Date:  2007 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-09     Completed Date:  2007-02-26     Revised Date:  2007-03-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404511     Medline TA:  Science     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  801-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. gregstep@mit.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bacteria / genetics,  metabolism*
Biomass*
Bioreactors
Biotechnology* / economics,  instrumentation,  methods
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Cellulose / metabolism
Costs and Cost Analysis
Energy-Generating Resources* / economics
Ethanol / metabolism
Fermentation
Fungi / genetics,  metabolism*
Genetic Engineering*
Hydrolysis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
64-17-5/Ethanol; 9004-34-6/Cellulose

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