Highlights•Non-conventional feedstocks can contribute to a circular chemical industry.•Non-
conventional feedstocks open stoichiometric opportunities for niche applications.•Plastic …

Highlights•The yeasts, Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus, Lipomyces starkeyi, and
Rhodosporidium toruloides, grow on a wide range of substrates and naturally outperform …

Lignin is a promising biopolymer abundantly used in industrially valued biobased products.
But the resilient nature of lignin reinforces difficulties during its depolymerization, leading to …

More than 200 million tons of plant oils and animal fats are produced annually worldwide
from oil, crops, and the rendered animal fat industry. Triacylglycerol, an abundant energy …

Aldehydes are ubiquitous electrophilic compounds that ferment microorganisms including
Saccharomyces cerevisiae encounter during the fermentation processes to produce food …

Background β-Ionone is a fragrant terpenoid that generates a pleasant floral scent and is
used in diverse applications as a cosmetic and flavoring ingredient. A growing consumer …

Pentose sugars are widespread in nature and two of them, D-xylose and L-arabinose
belong to the most abundant sugars being the second and third by abundance sugars in dry …

Pectin-rich agro-industrial residues are feedstocks with potential for sustainable
biorefineries. They are generated in high amounts worldwide from the industrial processing …

Highlights•Plant specialised metabolites constitute an enormous reservoir of anticancer
compounds.•Their low bioavailability in planta fails to reach the demand.•Heterologous …

Intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB) is considered a promising
approach for the degradation of recalcitrant organic compounds. In this work, using …