Ethanol and High-Value Terpene Co-Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass of Cymbopogon flexuosus and Cymbopogon martinii

Blake L. Joyce; Valtcho D. Zheljazkov; Robert Sykes; Charles L. Cantrell; Choo Hamilton; David G. J. Mann; Miguel Rodriguez; Jonathan R. Mielenz; Tess Astatkie; C. Neal Stewart Jr.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139195

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Ethanol and High-Value Terpene Co-Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass of Cymbopogon flexuosus and Cymbopogon martinii

Blake L. Joyce,

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States of America
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Valtcho D. Zheljazkov ,

* E-mail: valtcho.jeliazkov@oregonstate.edu; Valtcho.pubs@gmail.com

Affiliation Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Station, Oregon State University, 48037 Co 788 Rd, Adams, OR, 97810, United States of America
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Robert Sykes,

Affiliations National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America
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Charles L. Cantrell,

Affiliation Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, NPURU, University, MS, 38677, United States of America
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Choo Hamilton,

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America
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David G. J. Mann,

Affiliations Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America
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Miguel Rodriguez,

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America
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Jonathan R. Mielenz,

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States of America
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Tess Astatkie,

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, P.O. Box 550, Truro, NS, B2N 5E3, Canada
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C. Neal Stewart Jr.

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States of America
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Ethanol and High-Value Terpene Co-Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass of Cymbopogon flexuosus and Cymbopogon martinii

Blake L. Joyce,
Valtcho D. Zheljazkov,
Robert Sykes,
Charles L. Cantrell,
Choo Hamilton,
David G. J. Mann,
Miguel Rodriguez,
Jonathan R. Mielenz,
Tess Astatkie,
C. Neal Stewart Jr.

Published: October 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139195

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