NOVELTY - Hydrocarbon production (600) comprises: (a) fermenting biomass to fermentation products (610); (b) biologically converting the fermentation products to hydrocarbon-like molecules (650); and (c) processing the hydrocarbon-like molecules.    USE - The process is useful for the production of: hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon-like product, which is waxy esters, triacylglycerides, triacylglycerols, fatty acid methyl-esters, fatty acid ethyl-esters and/or poly-hydroxyalkanoates; hydrocarbon liquids; and/or biofuels (all claimed) e.g. bioalcohols, biodiesels, vegetable oils, syngas or bioethers, and also other fuels of gasoline, aviation gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, kerosene, jet fuel, solvents, lubricants, olefins, alkylolefins and/or commodity chemicals. The process is useful for the production of chemical products including solvents, paints, additives, plastics, waxes, lubricants or asphalt.    ADVANTAGE - The process provides improved production of hydrocarbons by combining fermentation and microorganism mediated conversion into a single unit. The process does not require sterility for fermentation, thus reduces costs for dealing with solid biomass. The acids and/or acid salt products are removed from the fermentation as an aqueous product, and are easier to sterilize than solid biomass. The un-reacted and/or incompletely reacted compounds are recyclable, and the reaction by-products, co-products, contaminants, and/or waste are used for associated, supplemental or ancillary processes and additional processes e.g. gasification, thermal energy recovery/electricity generation and/or hydrogen purification.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure illustrates a process schematic for integration of fermentation and aerobic heterotrophic conversion to hydrocarbon products.    Process for converting biomass to hydrocarbon products (600)    Fermentation (610)    Sterilization (640)    Converting the acids/salts solution to conversion products (650)    Recycling a portion of the products (690)