Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

GT Beckham, CW Johnson, EM Karp… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignin is a primary component of lignocellulosic biomass that is an underutilized feedstock
in the growing biofuels industry. Despite the fact that lignin depolymerization has long been …

Identifying and creating pathways to improve biological lignin valorization

ZH Liu, RK Le, M Kosa, B Yang, J Yuan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biological lignin valorization to fuels and value-added chemicals enables sustainable and
economic biorefineries. While significant progress has been made, several major …

Biological valorization strategies for converting lignin into fuels and chemicals

Z Chen, C Wan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Lignin is a complex phenylpropanoid biopolymer conferring mechanical strength to plant
cell walls. Biorefineries, along with pulp and paper industry, generate large quantities of …

[HTML][HTML] A field of dreams: Lignin valorization into chemicals, materials, fuels, and health-care products

J Becker, C Wittmann - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth and is readily produced as
a sidestream during biomass fractioning. So far, these large quantities of lignin have been …

Lignin conversion: opportunities and challenges for the integrated biorefinery

S Xie, AJ Ragauskas, JS Yuan - Industrial Biotechnology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
The utilization of lignin for fungible fuels and products represents one of the most imminent
challenges in the modern biorefinery because most of the bioprocesses for lignocellulosic …

Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria

D Salvachúa, EM Karp, CT Nimlos, DR Vardon… - Green …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin represents an untapped resource in lignocellulosic biomass, primarily due to its
recalcitrance to depolymerization and its intrinsic heterogeneity. In Nature, microorganisms …

Creative biological lignin conversion routes toward lignin valorization

ZH Liu, BZ Li, JS Yuan, YJ Yuan - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin, the largest renewable aromatic resource, is a promising alternative feedstock for the
sustainable production of various chemicals, fuels, and materials. Despite this potential …

Recent advances in lignin valorization with bacterial cultures: microorganisms, metabolic pathways, and bio-products

Z Xu, P Lei, R Zhai, Z Wen, M Jin - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019 - Springer
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic substrate on Earth and its valorization technologies
are still under developed. Depolymerization and fragmentation are the predominant …

Microbial lignin valorization through depolymerization to aromatics conversion

F Li, Y Zhao, L Xue, F Ma, SY Dai, S Xie - Trends in biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin is the most abundant source of renewable aromatic biopolymers and its valorization
presents significant value for biorefinery sustainability, which promotes the utilization of …

[HTML][HTML] Guiding stars to the field of dreams: Metabolically engineered pathways and microbial platforms for a sustainable lignin-based industry

F Weiland, M Kohlstedt, C Wittmann - Metabolic engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is an important structural component of terrestrial plants and is readily generated
during biomass fractionation in lignocellulose processing facilities. Due to lacking …