Clostridium organisms are of major importance in the development of technologies to
produce biofuels and chemicals. They are uniquely capable of utilizing virtually all biomass …

Napier grass is a potential feedstock for biofuel production because of its strong adaptability
and wide availability. Compositional analysis has been done on Napier grass which was …

Butanol is a key microbial product that provides a route from renewable carbohydrate
resources to a" drop-in" liquid biofuel, broadening its market in the near future. The …

Clostridium tyrobutyricum is a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium that efficiently produces
butyric acid and is considered a promising host for anaerobic production of bulk chemicals …

This review provides an overview on bacterial butanol production and recent developments
concerning strain improvement, newly built butanol production plants, and the importance of …

A system for co-cultivation of anaerobic fungi with anaerobic bacteria was established based
on lactate cross-feeding to produce butyrate and butanol from plant biomass. Several co …

Declining fossil fuel reserves, coupled with environmental concerns over their continued
extraction and exploitation have led to strenuous efforts to identify renewable routes to …

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

Bioproduction of renewable chemicals is considered as an urgent solution for fossil energy
crisis. However, despite tremendous efforts, it is still challenging to generate microbial …

Conventional acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation is severely limited by low
solvent titer and productivities. Thus, this study aims at developing an improved Clostridium …