Recent advances in the valorization of plant biomass

P Ning, G Yang, L Hu, J Sun, L Shi, Y Zhou… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Plant biomass is a highly abundant renewable resource that can be converted into several
types of high-value-added products, including chemicals, biofuels and advanced materials …

Seaweed biorefinery

MD Torres, S Kraan, H Domínguez - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2019 - Springer
Seaweed offers a wide range of interesting bioactives. With over 10,000 species globally, it
is of great interest to be able to extract these compounds. Hence, seaweed fractionation into …

Exploiting endogenous CRISPR-Cas system for multiplex genome editing in Clostridium tyrobutyricum and engineer the strain for high-level butanol production

J Zhang, W Zong, W Hong, ZT Zhang, Y Wang - Metabolic engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Although CRISPR-Cas9/Cpf1 have been employed as powerful genome
engineering tools, heterologous CRISPR-Cas9/Cpf1 are often difficult to introduce into …

Reactor systems for syngas fermentation processes: a review

K Asimakopoulos, HN Gavala, IV Skiadas - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Implementation of biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels has been established as an
answer to climate change by limiting GHG emissions. Syngas fermentation has emerged as …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of ionic liquids for the biochemical transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and biochemicals: A critical review

NI Haykir, SMSNS Zahari, S Harirchi, T Sar… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic materials are valuable resources in today's bioprocess technologies;
however, their recalcitrance is a major barrier in industry regarding their conversion to …

Emerging technologies for conversion of sustainable algal biomass into value-added products: A state-of-the-art review

K Zhang, F Zhang, YR Wu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Concerns regarding high energy demand and gradual depletion of fossil fuels have
attracted the desire of seeking renewable and sustainable alternatives. Similar to but better …

Pathway dissection, regulation, engineering and application: lessons learned from biobutanol production by solventogenic clostridia

S Li, L Huang, C Ke, Z Pang, L Liu - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2020 - Springer
The global energy crisis and limited supply of petroleum fuels have rekindled the interest in
utilizing a sustainable biomass to produce biofuel. Butanol, an advanced biofuel, is a …

Butanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: revisiting fermentation performance indicators with exploratory data analysis

C Birgen, P Dürre, HA Preisig, A Wentzel - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019 - Springer
After just more than 100 years of history of industrial acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE)
fermentation, patented by Weizmann in the UK in 1915, butanol is again today considered a …

Metabolic engineering of Clostridium carboxidivorans for enhanced ethanol and butanol production from syngas and glucose

C Cheng, W Li, M Lin, ST Yang - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Clostridium carboxidivorans can convert CO 2, CO and H 2 to ethanol and n-butanol;
however, its industrial application is limited by the lack of tools for metabolic pathway …

Engineering Clostridium for improved solvent production: recent progress and perspective

C Cheng, T Bao, ST Yang - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Clostridia are Gram-positive, spore-forming, obligate anaerobic bacteria that can produce
solvents such as acetone, ethanol, and butanol, which can be used as biofuels or building …