The production of alternative transportation fuels from renewable sources has gained
increased attention due to energy and environmental concerns. Recently, progress has …

Over the last decade, microbes have been engineered for the manufacture of a variety of
biofuels. Saturated linear-chain alcohols have great potential as transport biofuels. Their …

Currently, the predominant microbially produced biofuel is starch-or sugar-derived ethanol.
However, ethanol is not an ideal fuel molecule, and lignocellulosic feedstocks are …

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

Amid grave concerns over global climate change and with increasingly strained access to
fossil fuels, the synthetic biology community has stepped up to the challenge of developing …

The advancement of microbial processes for the production of renewable liquid fuels has
increased with concerns about the current fuel economy. The development of advanced …

This paper presents challenging opportunities for production of liquid and gaseous fuels by
biotechnology. From the liquid fuels, ethyl alcohol production has been widely researched …

Biofuel research is currently an area of immense interest due to the increase in global
energy demand by emerging economies and the recent increases in global oil prices …

The production of biofuels via microbial biotechnology is a very active field of research. A
range of fuel molecule types are currently under consideration: alcohols, ethers, esters …

Microbial production of fuel and chemical feedstock is a promising approach to solving
energy and environmental problems. n-Butanol, isobutanol and other higher alcohols are of …