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Role of Bacillus Genus in the Production of Value-Added Compounds

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Development of value-added products from renewable supplies is attracting more and more attention due to the fossil fuel resource depletion and environmental concerns. Bacillus species show distinctive benefits as hosts for production of industrially important enzymes and biochemical compounds. They are also improved through metabolic engineering techniques for efficient production of fuels, microbial enzymes, and fine and bulk chemicals. In this chapter, recent findings about Bacillus spp. and their usage as microbial factories are summarized.

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    Milad Mohkam, Navid Nezafat, Manica Negahdaripour & Younes Ghasemi

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Mohkam, M., Nezafat, N., Berenjian, A., Negahdaripour, M., Behfar, A., Ghasemi, Y. (2016). Role of Bacillus Genus in the Production of Value-Added Compounds. In: Islam, M., Rahman, M., Pandey, P., Jha, C., Aeron, A. (eds) Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44409-3_1

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