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Methane and Methanol Utilizers (Hardcover, 1992 ed.)
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Methane and Methanol Utilizers (Hardcover, 1992 ed.)
Series: Biotechnology Handbooks, 5
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Total price: R4,420
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Methane and its oxidation product, methanol, have occupied an
important position in the chemical industry for many years: the
former as a feedstock, the latter as a primary chemical from which
many products are produced. More recently, the role played by
methane as a potent "greenhouse" gas has aroused considerable
attention from environmentalists and clima tologists alike. This
role for C compounds has, of course, been quite 1 incidental to the
myriad of microorganisms on this planet that have adapted their
life-styles to take advantage of these readily available am bient
sources. Methane, a renewable energy source that will always be
with us, is actually a difficult molecule to activate; so any
microorganism that can effect this may point the way to catalytic
chemists looking for con trollable methane oxidation. Methanol,
formed as a breakdown product of plant material, is also ubiquitous
and has also encouraged the growth of prokaryotes and eukaryotes
alike. In an attempt to give a balanced view of how microorganisms
have been able to exploit these simple carbon sources, we have
asked a number ofleading scientists (modesty forbids our own
inclusion here) to contribute chapters on their specialist areas of
the subject."
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