Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

Beckham, Gregg T.; Johnson, Christopher W.; Karp, Eric M.; Salvachúa, Davinia; Vardon, Derek R.

doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.030

Title: Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

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Authors:: Beckham, Gregg T.; Johnson, Christopher W.; Karp, Eric M.; Salvachúa, Davinia; Vardon, Derek R.

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1325304

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Current Opinion in Biotechnology Journal Volume: 42 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0958-1669

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Beckham, Gregg T., Johnson, Christopher W., Karp, Eric M., Salvachúa, Davinia, and Vardon, Derek R. Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Beckham, Gregg T., Johnson, Christopher W., Karp, Eric M., Salvachúa, Davinia, & Vardon, Derek R. Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.030

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                    Beckham, Gregg T., Johnson, Christopher W., Karp, Eric M., Salvachúa, Davinia, and Vardon, Derek R. Thu .  
"Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.030.

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  title        = {Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization},

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