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Engineering microorganisms for biofuel production

Parisutham Vinuselvi School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea
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Jung Min Park School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea
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Jae Myung Lee School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea
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Kikwang Oh School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea
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Cheol-Min Ghim School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea; Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea; Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea
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Sung Kuk Lee School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689–798, Korea;[email protected]
Pages 153-166 | Published online: 09 Apr 2014

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