title: Production of fuels and chemicals from waste by microbiomes.
abstract: The demand for chemicals and fuels will continue to grow simultaneously with the costly requirement to treat solid waste, wastewater, and regarding climate change, carbon dioxide. A dual benefit is at hand if waste could be converted to valuable chemicals. The application of stable chemical producing microbiomes adapted to these waste streams may turn this challenge into an opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Science Center, Medical University of South Carolina, United States.
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Edward V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: LaBelle
authors.forename: Harold D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000379:methods*; D057232:Global Warming / Q000517:prevention & control; D054892:Metagenome / Q000502:physiology*; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism; D062611:Solid Waste; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D008697:Methane; D062611:Solid Waste; D062065:Wastewater