The Future of Butyric Acid in Industry
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in The Scientific World Journal
- Vol. 2012, 1-10
- https://doi.org/10.1100/2012/471417
Abstract
In this paper, the different applications of butyric acid and its current and future production status are highlighted, with a particular emphasis on the biofuels industry. As such, this paper discusses different issues regarding butyric acid fermentations and provides suggestions for future improvements and their approaches.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Research Foundation of Korea (2011-616-D00042, NRF-2009-C1AAA001-2009-0093479, HY-201100000000233-N)
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