This episode: Engineering bacteria to convert cellulose directly into useful biofuels and chemicals can be tricky!
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Journal Paper:
Lin PP, Mi L, Morioka AH, Yoshino KM, Konishi S, Xu SC, Papanek BA, Riley LA, Guss AM, Liao JC. 2015.
Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose to isobutanol using Clostridium thermocellum. Metab Eng
31:44–52.
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