ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2008
Microbial-based motor fuels: science and technology.
Review in Microbial biotechnology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The damaging effects of short chain fatty acids on Escherichia coli membranes.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2013Article
- Crystal structures of Xanthomonas campestris OleA reveal features that promote head-to-head condensation of two long-chain fatty acids.Biochemistry · 2012Article
- Alcoholic fermentation by wild-type Hansenula polymorpha and Saccharomyces cerevisiae versus recombinant strains with an elevated level of intracellular glutathione.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2011Article
- Pilot-scale production of fatty acid ethyl esters by an engineered Escherichia coli strain harboring the p(Microdiesel) plasmid.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2010Article
- Structure, function, and insights into the biosynthesis of a head-to-head hydrocarbon in Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2010Article
- Microbiological and engineering aspects of biohydrogen production.Indian journal of microbiology · 2009Article
- C29 olefinic hydrocarbons biosynthesized by Arthrobacter species.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2009Article
- Environmental Microbiology meets Microbial Biotechnology.Microbial biotechnology · 2008Article
- Limits in energy generation and biotechnology of primary and secondary products.Microbial biotechnology · 2008Article
- Mining GOLD and new model organisms in biotechnology.Microbial biotechnology · 2008Article
- Biofuels from microbes: a comprehensive view.Microbial biotechnology · 2008Article
- Energy, heat, flavours and aromas of Microbial Biotechnology.Microbial biotechnology · 2008Article
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Abstract
The production of biofuels via microbial biotechnology is a very active field of research. A range of fuel molecule types are currently under consideration: alcohols, ethers, esters, isoprenes, alkenes and alkanes. At the present, the major alcohol biofuel is ethanol. The ethanol fermentation is an old technology. Ongoing efforts aim to increase yield and energy efficiency of ethanol production from biomass. n-Butanol, another microbial fermentation product, is potentially superior to ethanol as a fuel but suffers from low yield and unwanted side-products currently. In general, biodiesel fuels consist of fatty acid methyl esters in which the carbon derives from plants, not microbes. A new biodiesel product, called microdiesel, can be generated in engineered bacterial cells that condense ethanol with fatty acids. Perhaps the best fuel type to generate from biomass would be biohydrocarbons. Microbes are known to produce hydrocarbons such as isoprenes, long-chain alkenes and alkanes. The biochemical mechanisms of microbial hydrocarbon biosynthesis are currently under study. Hydrocarbons and minimally oxygenated molecules may also be produced by hybrid chemical and biological processes. A broad interest in novel fuel molecules is also driving the development of new bioinformatics tools to facilitate biofuels research.
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