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Microbial enzyme systems for biomass conversion: emerging paradigms

Michael E Himmel Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA; Bioenergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37830, USA
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Qi Xu Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA; Bioenergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37830, USA
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Yonghua Luo Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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Shi-You Ding Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA; Bioenergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37830, USA
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Raphael Lamed Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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Edward A Bayer Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. [email protected]
Pages 323-341 | Published online: 09 Apr 2014

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