The microbial production of biofuels is a promising avenue for the development of viable
processes for the generation of fuels from sustainable resources. In order to become cost …

Increased energy consumption coupled with depleting petroleum reserves and increased
greenhouse gas emissions have renewed our interest in generating fuels from renewable …

Global energy and environmental problems have stimulated increasing efforts toward
synthesizing liquid biofuels as transportation energy. Compared to the traditional biofuel …

Highlights•Biofuel production has been achieved in Escherichia coli by construction of
several metabolic pathways.•The emerging technologies shows great potential in pathway …

The anticipated shift of biofuel feedstocks from maize to lignocellulose presents challenges
in developing effective biomass pretreatment approaches, which impacts the selection and …

Biotechnological production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources is an
appealing way to move from the current petroleum-based economy to a biomass-based …

The issues of global warming, coupled with fossil fuel depletion, have undoubtedly led to
renewed interest in other sources of commercial fuels. The search for renewable fuels has …

Highlights•Metabolic engineering enables microbial production of hydrocarbon fuels.•Yeasts
and E. coli can be engineered to produce fatty acid ethyl esters.•Monoterpenes are …

The ability to generate microorganisms that can produce biofuels similar to petroleum-based
transportation fuels would allow the use of existing engines and infrastructure and would …

Engineered microorganisms are currently used for the production of food products,
pharmaceuticals, ethanol fuel and more. Even so, the enormous potential of this technology …