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Review
. 2016 Mar;34(3):187-190.
doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.10.007. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

Biotechnology for Chemical Production: Challenges and Opportunities

Mark J Burk  1 , Stephen Van Dien  2
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Review

Biotechnology for Chemical Production: Challenges and Opportunities

Mark J Burk et al. Trends Biotechnol. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Biotechnology offers a new sustainable approach to manufacturing chemicals, enabling the replacement of petroleum-based raw materials with renewable biobased feedstocks, thereby reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, toxic byproducts, and the safety risks associated with traditional petrochemical processing. Development of such bioprocesses is enabled by recent advances in genomics, molecular biology, and systems biology, and will continue to accelerate as access to these tools becomes faster and cheaper.

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