The heavy dependence on petroleum-derived fuel has raised concerns about energy
sustainability and climate change, which have prompted researchers to explore fuel …

Butanol is an important solvent and transport fuel additive, and can be produced by
microbial fermentation. Attempts to generate a superior microbial producer of butanol have …

Due to the increasing concerns about limited fossil resources and environmental problems,
there has been much interest in developing biofuels from renewable biomass. Ethanol is …

Microbial production of fuel and chemical feedstock is a promising approach to solving
energy and environmental problems. n-Butanol, isobutanol and other higher alcohols are of …

Fermentation-derived alcohols have gained much attention as an alternate fuel due to its
minimal effects on atmosphere. Besides its application as biofuel it is also used as raw …

Background Owing to the increase in energy consumption, fossil fuel resources are
gradually depleting which has led to the growing environmental concerns; therefore …

Environmental issues have prompted the vigorous development of biorefineries that use
agricultural waste and other biomass feedstock as raw materials. However, most current …

The growing need to address current energy and environmental problems has sparked an
interest in developing improved biological methods to produce liquid fuels from renewable …

Alternative microbial hosts have been engineered as biocatalysts for butanol biosynthesis.
The butanol synthetic pathway of Clostridium acetobutylicum was first re-constructed in …

Both, n-propanol and isopropanol are industrially attractive value-added molecules that can
be produced by microbes from renewable resources. The development of cost-effective …