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Microbial production of short-chain alkanes

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  • Yong Jun Choi

    (Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, BioProcess Engineering Research Center and Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea)

  • Sang Yup Lee

    (Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, BioProcess Engineering Research Center and Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea
    Bioinformatics and BioProcess Engineering Research Center, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea)

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Microbes have already been engineered to produce diesel fuels, and now the microbial production of components of petrol (gasoline) including short-chain alkanes has been achieved using Escherichia coli strains metabolically engineered with components of fatty acid biosynthesis pathways.

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  • Yong Jun Choi & Sang Yup Lee, 2013. "Microbial production of short-chain alkanes," Nature, Nature, vol. 502(7472), pages 571-574, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:502:y:2013:i:7472:d:10.1038_nature12536
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12536
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    1. Palmer, Jacob D. & Brigham, Christopher J., 2016. "Feasibility of triacylglycerol production for biodiesel, utilizing Rhodococcus opacus as a biocatalyst and fishery waste as feedstock," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 922-928.
    2. Yang, Xiaoguang & Choi, Han Suk & Park, Chulhwan & Kim, Seung Wook, 2015. "Current states and prospects of organic waste utilization for biorefineries," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 335-349.
    3. Scaife, Mark A. & Merkx-Jacques, Alexandra & Woodhall, David L. & Armenta, Roberto E., 2015. "Algal biofuels in Canada: Status and potential," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 620-642.
    4. Bhatia, Shashi Kant & Bhatia, Ravi Kant & Yang, Yung-Hun, 2017. "An overview of microdiesel — A sustainable future source of renewable energy," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 1078-1090.
    5. Su, HaiFeng & Lin, JiaFu & Tan, FuRong, 2017. "Progress and perspective of biosynthetic platform for higher-order biofuels," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 801-826.
    6. Das, Manali & Patra, Pradipta & Ghosh, Amit, 2020. "Metabolic engineering for enhancing microbial biosynthesis of advanced biofuels," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).

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