NDLI: Biofuels from microbes

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Author	Antoni, Dominik Zverlov, Vladimir V. Schwarz, Wolfgang H.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Today, biomass covers about 10% of the world’s primary energy demand. Against a backdrop of rising crude oil prices, depletion of resources, political instability in producing countries and environmental challenges, besides efficiency and intelligent use, only biomass has the potential to replace the supply of an energy hungry civilisation. Plant biomass is an abundant and renewable source of energy-rich carbohydrates which can be efficiently converted by microbes into biofuels, of which, only bioethanol is produced on an industrial scale today. Biomethane is produced on a large scale, but is not yet utilised for transportation. Biobutanol is on the agenda of several companies and may be used in the near future as a supplement for gasoline, diesel and kerosene, as well as contributing to the partially biological production of butyl-t-butylether, BTBE as does bioethanol today with ETBE. Biohydrogen, biomethanol and microbially made biodiesel still require further development. This paper reviews microbially made biofuels which have potential to replace our present day fuels, either alone, by blending, or by chemical conversion. It also summarises the history of biofuels and provides insight into the actual production in various countries, reviewing their policies and adaptivity to the energy challenges of foreseeable future.
Starting Page	23
Ending Page	35
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01757598
Journal	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume Number	77
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14320614
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-09-22
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Biofuel Sustainability Fermentation Biomass Substrate Energy Microbial Genetics and Genomics Microbiology Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biotechnology

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