Due to the growing concerns on the climate change and sustainability on petrochemical
resources, DOE selected and announced the bio-based top 12 building blocks and …

Production of industrial aromatic chemicals from renewable resources could provide a
competitive alternative to traditional chemical synthesis routes. This review describes the …

Due to concerns about the unsustainability and predictable shortage of fossil feedstocks,
research efforts are currently being made to develop new processes for production of …

The advent of various systems metabolic engineering tools and strategies has enabled more
sophisticated engineering of microorganisms for the production of industrially useful fuels …

The increased consciousness for environmental issues and the depletion of mineral oil
reserves led to the search for alternative energy sources but also for alternative biochemical …

Microbial production of organic acids has become a fast-moving field due to the increasing
role of these compounds as platform chemicals. In recent years, the portfolio of specialty …

Current developments, especially in fermentation technologies, membrane technologies
and genetic manipulation open new possibilities for the biotechnological production of …

Succinic acid (SA) is one of the most important biobuilding blocks in biorefinery. Its
production from fermentation of renewable biomass sources is becoming a consolidated …

The need for a sustainable resource supply, the rapid advances in plant biotechnology and
microbial genetics and the strategic shift of major chemical companies into the area of life …

The design and development of new routes for the production of sustainable bulk-chemicals
requires focus on feedstock, conversion technology and downstream product recovery. This …