Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

There is an immediate need to drastically reduce the emissions associated with global fossil
fuel consumption in order to limit climate change. However, carbon-based materials …

Many industrial chemicals that are produced from fossil resources could be manufactured
more sustainably through fermentation. Here we describe the development of a carbon …

The gut microbiota synthesize hundreds of molecules, many of which influence host
physiology. Among the most abundant metabolites are the secondary bile acids deoxycholic …

Hundreds of microbiota genes are associated with host biology/disease. Unraveling the
causal contribution of a microbiota gene to host biology remains difficult because many are …

The design and optimization of biosynthetic pathways for industrially relevant, non-model
organisms is challenging due to transformation idiosyncrasies, reduced numbers of …

Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea in
Europe and North America,. During infection, C. difficile produces two key virulence …

Gas fermentation using acetogenic bacteria such as Clostridium autoethanogenum offers an
attractive route for production of fuel ethanol from industrial waste gases. Acetate reduction …

Cellulosomes can be described as one of nature's most elaborate and highly efficient
nanomachines. These cell bound multienzyme complexes orchestrate the deconstruction of …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …