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Fundamentals and Application of New Bioproduction Systems

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This work was supported by the Biological Systems Engineering Department of Virginia Tech, and partially supported by Shell by the GameChanger Program, the CALS Biodesign and Bioprocessing Research Center, and NSF SBIR I and DOE STTR I grants to PZ.

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Zhu, Z., Tam, T.K., Zhang, YH.P. (2013). Cell-free Biosystems in the Production of Electricity and Bioenergy. In: Zeng, AP. (eds) Fundamentals and Application of New Bioproduction Systems. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2013_201

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