title: Biotechnology for Chemical Production: Challenges and Opportunities.
abstract: Biotechnology offers a new sustainable approach to manufacturing chemicals, enabling the replacement of petroleum-based raw materials with renewable biobased feedstocks, thereby reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, toxic byproducts, and the safety risks associated with traditional petrochemical processing. Development of such bioprocesses is enabled by recent advances in genomics, molecular biology, and systems biology, and will continue to accelerate as access to these tools becomes faster and cheaper.
authors.affiliation: Genomatica, Inc. 4757 Nexus Center Drive San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Burk
authors.affiliation: Genomatica, Inc. 4757 Nexus Center Drive San Diego, CA 92121, USA. Electronic address: svandien@genomatica.com.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Dien
mesh_terms: D057005:Bioengineering; D056804:Biofuels; D001709:Biotechnology; D005285:Fermentation; D060847:Metabolic Engineering; D009930:Organic Chemicals
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D009930:Organic Chemicals