New Raw Materials for White Biotechnology

As discussed in Section 5.2 and shown in Table 5.3, the common substrates used in industrial microbiology will be sufficient for today s industrial microbial production processes, but will be far away from meeting the demands for the production of biofuels and bulk chemicals in future. Further on, it will be necessary to use mainly only those substrates which will not be in competition with food or animal feed. Therefore several alternative raw materials substrates have abeady been discussed in literature, for example, related to selected seeds, to biomass, or to biomass-related industrial by-product and waste streams. 

Energy crops Agricultural and Organic waste Traditional Vegetable oils 

Amaranth Barn Animal fat Miscanthus Calophyllum inophyllum 

Bamboo Citrus waste Food waste Switch grass Com oil 

Energy maize Com stover Municipal solid Willow Castor bean 

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