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Lu, Y., Mosier, N.S. (2008). Current Technologies for Fuel Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Plant Biomass. In: Vermerris, W. (eds) Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70805-8_6

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