Highlights•Microbial consortia offer advantages to bioprocessing via complementary
metabolism.•Metabolic modeling and engineering aid the design of microbial …

Lignocellulose is an alternative to fossil resources, but its biochemical conversion is not
economically competitive. While decentralized processing can reduce logistical cost for this …

Highlights•Co-fermentation of mixed C6 and C5 sugars enabled efficient bioconversion.•
Metabolic pathways and transporters for non-glucose sugars have been …

Background Lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive and sustainable alternative to
petroleum-based feedstock for the production of a range of biochemicals, and pretreatment …

Global energy and environmental problems have stimulated increased efforts towards
synthesizing biofuels from renewable resources,,. Compared to the traditional biofuel …

Abstract Linear, medium-chain (C8–C12) hydrocarbons are important components of fuels
as well as commodity and specialty chemicals. As industrial microbes do not contain …

PERSPECTIVES trial chemicals are currently produced from benzene. Further manipulation
of this metabolic pathway leads to cis, cis-muconic acid, which can be converted chemically …

Concerns for our environment and unease with our dependence on foreign oil have
renewed interest in converting plant biomass into fuels and 'green'chemicals. The volume of …

Before the industrial revolution, the global economy was largely based on living carbon from
plants. Now the economy is mainly dependent on fossil fuels (dead carbon). Biomass is the …

BACKGROUND Cellulosic biofuels offer environmental benefits not available from grain-
based biofuels and are a cornerstone of efforts to meet transportation fuel needs in a future …