Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Engineering microorganisms for enhanced CO2 sequestration

G Hu, Y Li, C Ye, L Liu, X Chen - Trends in biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
Microbial CO 2 sequestration not only provides a green and sustainable approach for
ameliorating global warming but also simultaneously produces biofuels and chemicals …

Advances in bioconversion of glycerol to 1, 3-propanediol: prospects and challenges

YQ Sun, JT Shen, L Yan, JJ Zhou, LL Jiang, Y Chen… - Process …, 2018 - Elsevier
Propanediol, a monomer for synthesis of polytrimethylene terephthalate, polyethers,
polyurethanes, and heterocyclic compounds, has attracted worldwide attention. It can be …

Recent advances in biological production of 1, 3-propanediol: new routes and engineering strategies

F Zhu, D Liu, Z Chen - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
1, 3-Propanediol (1, 3-PDO) is an important chemical which has been widely used in the
cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and especially polymer industries. The production of 1, 3-PDO …

Potential and limitations of Klebsiella pneumoniae as a microbial cell factory utilizing glycerol as the carbon source

V Kumar, S Park - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that metabolizes glycerol
efficiently under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This microbe is considered an …

Recent advances, challenges and metabolic engineering strategies in the biosynthesis of 3‐hydroxypropionic acid

B Liang, G Sun, X Zhang, Q Nie… - Biotechnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As an attractive and valuable platform chemical, 3‐hydroxypropionic acid (3‐HP) can be
used to produce a variety of industrially important commodity chemicals and biodegradable …

Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from renewable substrates by metabolically engineered microorganisms: a review

X Wang, Z Cui, X Sun, Z Wang, T Chen - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
3-Hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) is a platform chemical with a wide range of existing and
potential applications, including the production of poly (3-hydroxypropionate)(P-3HP), a …

Process engineering for microbial production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid

F de Fouchécour, AK Sánchez-Castañeda… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Production of C2–C4 diols from renewable bioresources: new metabolic pathways and metabolic engineering strategies

Y Zhang, D Liu, Z Chen - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2017 - Springer
C2–C4 diols classically derived from fossil resource are very important bulk chemicals which
have been used in a wide range of areas, including solvents, fuels, polymers, cosmetics …

Biological production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid: an update on the current status

L Matsakas, K Hrůzová, U Rova, P Christakopoulos - Fermentation, 2018 - mdpi.com
The production of high added-value chemicals from renewable resources is a necessity in
our attempts to switch to a more sustainable society. 3-Hydroxypropionic acid (3HP) is a …