Microbial production of advanced biofuels

J Keasling, H Garcia Martin, TS Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Concerns over climate change have necessitated a rethinking of our transportation
infrastructure. One possible alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels is biofuels produced …

Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

A comprehensive review on lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery for sustainable biofuel production

MV Rodionova, AM Bozieva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasingly severe environmental pollution and energy shortage issues have
demanded the production of renewable and sustainable biofuels to replace conventional …

Fuelling the future: microbial engineering for the production of sustainable biofuels

JC Liao, L Mi, S Pontrelli, S Luo - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Global climate change linked to the accumulation of greenhouse gases has caused
concerns regarding the use of fossil fuels as the major energy source. To mitigate climate …

Cellulosomes: bacterial nanomachines for dismantling plant polysaccharides

L Artzi, EA Bayer, S Moraïs - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Cellulosomes are multienzyme complexes that are produced by anaerobic cellulolytic
bacteria for the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. They comprise a complex of …

The potential of brewer's spent grain in the circular bioeconomy: State of the art and future perspectives

A Zeko-Pivač, M Tišma, P Žnidaršič-Plazl… - … in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Brewer's spent grain (BSG) accounts for approximately 85% of the total mass of solid by-
products in the brewing industry and represents an important secondary raw material of …

Thermophilic whole‐cell degradation of polyethylene terephthalate using engineered Clostridium thermocellum

F Yan, R Wei, Q Cui, UT Bornscheuer… - Microbial …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a mass‐produced synthetic polyester contributing
remarkably to the accumulation of solid plastics waste and plastics pollution in the natural …

Current status and future trends of bioethanol production from agro-industrial wastes in Mexico

D Carrillo-Nieves, MJR Alanís… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Agro-industrial lignocellulosic waste, an abundant source of non-food fermentable sugars,
represent a potentially negative environmental impact due to unsuitable waste disposal …

Consolidated bio-saccharification: Leading lignocellulose bioconversion into the real world

YJ Liu, B Li, Y Feng, Q Cui - Biotechnology advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant sustainable carbon source on the planet and
has enormous potential to substitute fossil resources on the premise of cost-effective …

Production of butanol from lignocellulosic biomass: recent advances, challenges, and prospects

Y Guo, Y Liu, M Guan, H Tang, Z Wang, L Lin… - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to energy and environmental concerns, biobutanol is gaining increasing attention as an
alternative renewable fuel owing to its desirable fuel properties. Biobutanol production from …