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Metabolic Engineering and Molecular Biotechnology of Microalgae for Fuel
Production
Su-Chiung Fang
Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.