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 …

Fossil fuels (crude oil, coal, and natural gas) represent the current primary source of the
world's energy supply, accounting for 87% of global energy. 1 World energy consumption is …

Production of green chemicals and fuels using metabolically engineered organisms has
been a promising alternative to petroleum-based production. Higher chain alcohols (C4–C8) …

Clostridium spp. produce n-butanol in the acetone/butanol/ethanol process. For sustainable
industrial scale butanol production, a number of obstacles need to be addressed including …

Synthesis of a desired product can often be achieved via more than one metabolic pathway.
Whether naturally evolved or synthetically engineered, these pathways often exhibit specific …

Biocatalysis has become an essential tool in the chemical industry and is the core of
industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology, making use of biocatalysts in …

Highlights•The 2-ketoacid pathway has diverse chemistry.•Aliphatic alcohols and carboxylic
acids can be produced by decarboxylation and redox reactions.•Bifunctional compounds …

Bioplastics produced from microbial source are promising green alternatives to traditional
petrochemical-derived plastics. Nonnatural straight-chain amino acids, especially 5 …

Expanding the chemical diversity of microbial fermentation products enables green
production of fuel, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. In recent years, coenzyme A (CoA) …

The modularity and versatility of an engineered functional reversal of the β-oxidation cycle
make it a promising platform for the synthesis of longer-chain (C≥ 4) products. While the …