Methane and Methanol Utilizers (Hardcover, 1992 ed.)

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."

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Biotechnology Handbooks, 5
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	1992
Editors:	J. Colin Murrell • Howard Dalton
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	286
Edition:	1992 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-43878-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General
LSN:	0-306-43878-X
Barcode:	9780306438783

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