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Industrial biotechnology for the production of bio-based chemicals - a cradle-to-grave perspective

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Summary, in English

Shifting the resource base for chemical production from fossil feedstocks to renewable raw materials provides exciting possibilities for the use of industrial biotechnology-based process tools. This review gives an indication of the current developments in the transition to bio-based production, with a focus on the production of chemicals, and points out some of the challenges that exist in the large-scale implementation of industrial biotechnology. Furthermore, the importance of evaluating the environmental impact of bio-based products with respect to their entire life cycle is highlighted, demonstrating that the choice of the raw material often turns out to be an important parameter influencing the life cycle performance.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

119-124

Publication/Series

Trends in Biotechnology

Volume

25

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Industrial Biotechnology
  • Energy Systems

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0167-7799