Harnessing energy from plant biomass
- PMID: 17942363
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.08.039
Harnessing energy from plant biomass
Abstract
Biofuels derived from renewable plant biomass offer a potential carbon-neutral replacement for current liquid transportation fuels. Progress toward this initiative requires development of new methods to engineer energy crops with the desired chemical composition and physical characteristics, depolymerize lignocellulose to fermentable units, and program microbial metabolism for efficient conversion of sugars to ethanol.
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