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McCurdy, Alex T.

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Microbial-derived oils and value-added products: Biosynthesis and applications for biofuel production.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Microbial-derived oils and value-added products: Biosynthesis and applications for biofuel production./
Author:	McCurdy, Alex T.
Description:	205 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-09(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-09B(E).
Subject:	Biochemistry. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3689475
ISBN:	9781321688818

Microbial-derived oils and value-added products: Biosynthesis and applications for biofuel production.
McCurdy, Alex T.

Microbial-derived oils and value-added products: Biosynthesis and applications for biofuel production. - 205 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-09(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Utah State University, 2015.

Efforts are being made to replace petroleum-derived fuels with biofuels in a cost competitive manner. It is apparent that the continued use of petroleum is futile as population and technological growth put increasing pressure on the demand for cheap energy and chemicals. Diminishing resources, civil unrest in the Middle East, and the impact of using petrochemicals on the environment are critical driving forces for research in generating renewable petroleum replacements that can be produced with a limited carbon-footprint. Today, biofuels are derived mostly from land-based plants, but their potential for displacing petroleum is limited due to the competition with available farmland used in food production as well as their relatively slow growth rates. Microorganisms as single-cell factories for the production of biofuels have a promising outlook since they do not compete with the food and feed supply and they lack the necessity of arable land used in cultivation. Viable biofuel production hinges upon obtaining sufficient biofuel yields, lowering the costs of processing, production of value-added products, and real-life evaluation of the produced fuels.

ISBN: 9781321688818Subjects--Topical Terms:

518028
Biochemistry.

Microbial-derived oils and value-added products: Biosynthesis and applications for biofuel production.
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