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 …

A compressive review on the effects of alcohols and nanoparticles as an oxygenated enhancer in compression ignition engine

K Nanthagopal, RS Kishna, AE Atabani, H Ala'a… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ever since the research community highlighted the emission and sustainability aspects of
pure diesel in the transportation sector, then began the search of next prospective fuel …

Alcohol based automotive fuels from first four alcohol family in compression and spark ignition engine: A review on engine performance and exhaust emissions

IM Yusri, R Mamat, G Najafi, A Razman, OI Awad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alcohol fuels have some significant advantages over other alternative fuels, including the
ability to work in existing engines as well as the capability to reduce greenhouse gas …

Microbial propionic acid production

RA Gonzalez-Garcia, T McCubbin, L Navone… - Fermentation, 2017 - mdpi.com
Propionic acid (propionate) is a commercially valuable carboxylic acid produced through
microbial fermentation. Propionic acid is mainly used in the food industry but has recently …

Synthetic and systems biology for microbial production of commodity chemicals

V Chubukov, A Mukhopadhyay, CJ Petzold… - NPJ systems biology …, 2016 - nature.com
The combination of synthetic and systems biology is a powerful framework to study
fundamental questions in biology and produce chemicals of immediate practical application …

Rational design of a synthetic Entner–Doudoroff pathway for improved and controllable NADPH regeneration

CY Ng, I Farasat, CD Maranas, HM Salis - Metabolic engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
NADPH is an essential cofactor for the biosynthesis of several high-value chemicals,
including isoprenoids, fatty acid-based fuels, and biopolymers. Tunable control over all …

Next-generation genome-scale models for metabolic engineering

ZA King, CJ Lloyd, AM Feist, BO Palsson - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•COBRA methods have become widely used tools in metabolic engineering.•
Predictions of COBRA methods have led to experimental strain improvements.•Next …

Generation of an atlas for commodity chemical production in Escherichia coli and a novel pathway prediction algorithm, GEM-Path

MA Campodonico, BA Andrews, JA Asenjo… - Metabolic …, 2014 - Elsevier
The production of 75% of the current drug molecules and 35% of all chemicals could be
achieved through bioprocessing (Arundel and Sawaya, 2009). To accelerate the transition …

Synergy between methylerythritol phosphate pathway and mevalonate pathway for isoprene production in Escherichia coli

C Yang, X Gao, Y Jiang, B Sun, F Gao, S Yang - Metabolic engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Isoprene, a key building block of synthetic rubber, is currently produced entirely from
petrochemical sources. In this work, we engineered both the methylerythritol phosphate …

Metabolic engineering of a synergistic pathway for n-butanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

S Shi, T Si, Z Liu, H Zhang, EL Ang, H Zhao - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract n-Butanol has several favourable properties as an advanced fuel or a platform
chemical. Bio-based production of n-butanol is becoming increasingly important for …