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Title: Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1618688
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1421836; OSTI ID: 1431028
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Biotechnology for Biofuels
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Biotechnology for Biofuels Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-6834
Publisher:
Springer Science + Business Media
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; Rhodosporidium toruloides; Terpenes; Bisabolene; Amorphadiene; Heterologous expression; Plant biomass-derived hydrolysate; Multiple carbon source utilization

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Yaegashi, Junko, Kirby, James, Ito, Masakazu, Sun, Jian, Dutta, Tanmoy, Mirsiaghi, Mona, Sundstrom, Eric R., Rodriguez, Alberto, Baidoo, Edward, Tanjore, Deepti, Pray, Todd, Sale, Kenneth, Singh, Seema, Keasling, Jay D., Simmons, Blake A., Singer, Steven W., Magnuson, Jon K., Arkin, Adam P., Skerker, Jeffrey M., and Gladden, John M. Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts. Netherlands: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1186/s13068-017-0927-5.
Yaegashi, Junko, Kirby, James, Ito, Masakazu, Sun, Jian, Dutta, Tanmoy, Mirsiaghi, Mona, Sundstrom, Eric R., Rodriguez, Alberto, Baidoo, Edward, Tanjore, Deepti, Pray, Todd, Sale, Kenneth, Singh, Seema, Keasling, Jay D., Simmons, Blake A., Singer, Steven W., Magnuson, Jon K., Arkin, Adam P., Skerker, Jeffrey M., & Gladden, John M. Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0927-5
Yaegashi, Junko, Kirby, James, Ito, Masakazu, Sun, Jian, Dutta, Tanmoy, Mirsiaghi, Mona, Sundstrom, Eric R., Rodriguez, Alberto, Baidoo, Edward, Tanjore, Deepti, Pray, Todd, Sale, Kenneth, Singh, Seema, Keasling, Jay D., Simmons, Blake A., Singer, Steven W., Magnuson, Jon K., Arkin, Adam P., Skerker, Jeffrey M., and Gladden, John M. Mon . "Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0927-5.
@article{osti_1618688,
title = {Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts},
author = {Yaegashi, Junko and Kirby, James and Ito, Masakazu and Sun, Jian and Dutta, Tanmoy and Mirsiaghi, Mona and Sundstrom, Eric R. and Rodriguez, Alberto and Baidoo, Edward and Tanjore, Deepti and Pray, Todd and Sale, Kenneth and Singh, Seema and Keasling, Jay D. and Simmons, Blake A. and Singer, Steven W. and Magnuson, Jon K. and Arkin, Adam P. and Skerker, Jeffrey M. and Gladden, John M.},
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volume = 10,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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Fig. 1 Fig. 1 : Schematic of R. toruloides as a new platform for the production of lignocellulosic biofuels and bioproducts

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