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Measuring Biomass-Derived Products in Biological Conversion and Metabolic Process

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Metabolic Pathway Engineering

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Abstract

Biomass can be converted to various types of products in biological and metabolic processes. For an in-depth understanding of biomass conversion, quantitative and qualitative information of products in these conversion processes are essential. Here we introduce analytical techniques including high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for biomass-based products characterization in biological and metabolic processes.

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This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. This study was supported and performed as part of the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) and the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI). The BESC and CBI are U.S Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U. S. Government or any agency thereof. Neither the U. S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

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  1. Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Chang Geun Yoo

  2. Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

    Yunqiao Pu

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Arthur J. Ragauskas

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    Yannick J. Bomble

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Yoo, C.G., Pu, Y., Ragauskas, A.J. (2020). Measuring Biomass-Derived Products in Biological Conversion and Metabolic Process. In: Himmel, M., Bomble, Y. (eds) Metabolic Pathway Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2096. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0195-2_9

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