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Estelle Grousseau1, Elise Blanchet, Stéphane Déléris

  • 1Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France; INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400 Toulouse, France; CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400 Toulouse, France; VEOLIA Environnement, Centre de Recherche sur l'Eau, Chemin de la Digue, BP 76, F-78603 Maisons-Laffitte Cedex, France.

Bioresource Technology
|September 17, 2013
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Keywords:
Cupriavidus necatorFed-Batch fermentationMetabolic Flux Analysis (MFA)Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)Volatiles fatty acids (VFA)

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