Producing fuels, chemicals, and materials from renewable resources to meet societal
demands remains an important step in the transition to a sustainable, clean energy …

Cellulolytic enzymes play a key role on conversion of lignocellulosic plant biomass to
biofuels and biochemicals in sugar platform biorefineries. In this review, we survey …

Lignocellulosic biomass serves as a renewable feedstock for production of biofuels and
value-added biochemicals, and biorefinery of lignocellulosic feedstocks contributes greatly …

Nature has evolved multiple enzymatic strategies for the degradation of plant cell wall
polysaccharides, which are central to carbon flux in the biosphere and an integral part of …

Lignocellulose, the most abundant renewable carbon source on earth, is the logical
candidate to replace fossil carbon as the major biofuel raw material. Nevertheless, the …

Significant effort has been expended toward the discovery and/or engineering of improved
cellulases. An alternative to this approach is utilizing multifunctional enzymes; however …

Industrial production of solvents such as EtOH and BuOH from cellulosic biomass has the
potential to provide a sustainable energy source that is relatively cheap, abundant, and …

The contemporary relevance of biofuels as an attractive replacement for liquid fossil fuels
has rekindled global interest in the conversion of cellulosic biomass–the most abundant …

Background Enzymatic breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass is a known bottleneck for the
production of high-value molecules and biofuels from renewable sources. Filamentous fungi …

The crystalline nature of cellulose microfibrils is one of the key factors influencing biomass
recalcitrance which is a key technical and economic barrier to overcome to make cellulosic …