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Construction of Escherichia Coli Cell Factories for Production of Organic Acids and Alcohols

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Liu, P., Zhu, X., Tan, Z., Zhang, X., Ma, Y. (2015). Construction of Escherichia Coli Cell Factories for Production of Organic Acids and Alcohols. In: Ye, Q., Bao, J., Zhong, JJ. (eds) Bioreactor Engineering Research and Industrial Applications I. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 155. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2014_294

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