Biosynthesis of liquid fuels and biomass-based building block chemicals from
microorganisms have been regarded as a competitive alternative route to traditional …

Environmental adaptation is considered as one of the most challenging subjects in biology
to understand evolutionary or ecological diversification processes and in biotechnology to …

Background To develop pathways for advanced biofuel production, and to understand the
impact of host metabolism and environmental conditions on heterologous pathway …

Microbial cytochrome c peroxidases (Ccp) have been studied for 75 years, but their
physiological roles are unclear. Ccps are located in the periplasms of bacteria and the …

The efficient production of biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks will require the efficient
fermentation of the sugars in hydrolyzed plant material. Unfortunately, plant hydrolysates …

Background During ethanol fermentation, the ethanologenic bacterium, Zymomonas mobilis
may encounter several environmental stresses such as heat, ethanol and osmotic stresses …

High-temperature ethanol fermentation (HTEF) using high-potential thermotolerant
ethanologenic microorganisms is a promising platform for ethanol production in tropical or …

Respiratory chain plays a pivotal role in the energy and redox balance of aerobic bacteria.
By engineering respiration, it is possible to alter the efficiency of energy generation and …

Zymomonas mobilis is an alpha-proteobacterium that is a promising platform for industrial
scale production of biofuels due to its efficient ethanol fermentation and low biomass …

Background High-temperature fermentation (HTF) technology is expected to reduce the cost
of bioconversion of biomass to fuels or chemicals. For stable HTF, the development of a …