Developing Biofuel Bioprocesses Using Systems and Synthetic Biology

• Main Authors: Clay, Sylvia M. (Author), Fong, Stephen S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Systems Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Systems biology.; Microbiology.; Biomedical engineering.; Life Sciences.; Systems Biology.; Biomedical Engineering.

Advances in technological and analytical methods have fostered rapid growth of systems biology and synthetic biology.  There continues to be rapid changes and discoveries in both fields with a small number of recent peer-reviewed reviews indicating some of the relationships between systems biology a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Societal Context
• Biofuel Context
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Part II: Research Context
• Systems Biology
• Synthetic Biology
• Part III: Developing Biofuel Processes by Engineering
• Integrating Systems and Synthetic Biology
• Building Engineered Strains
• State of the Field and Future Prospects.