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The Microbiological Production of Industrial Chemicals

Tonnage amounts of many chemicals have traditionally been produced synthetically from fossil fuels. The rising price of petroleum makes fermentative production from other feedstocks increasingly attractive

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 245 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Microbiological Production of Industrial Chemicals” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 245 No. 3 (), p. 154
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0981-154