Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel

C Jin, M Yao, H Liu, FL Chia-fon, J Ji - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Butanol is a very competitive renewable biofuel for use in internal combustion engines given
its many advantages. In this review, the properties of butanol are compared with the …

Synthetic biology: applications come of age

AS Khalil, JJ Collins - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Synthetic biology is bringing together engineers and biologists to design and build novel
biomolecular components, networks and pathways, and to use these constructs to rewire …

Fermentative production of butanol—the industrial perspective

EM Green - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
A sustainable bacterial fermentation route to produce biobutanol is poised for re-
commercialization. Today, biobutanol can compete with synthetic butanol in the chemical …

Recent advances and state-of-the-art strategies in strain and process engineering for biobutanol production by Clostridium acetobutylicum

C Xue, J Zhao, L Chen, ST Yang, F Bai - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Butanol as an advanced biofuel has gained great attention due to its environmental benefits
and superior properties compared to ethanol. However, the cost of biobutanol production via …

[HTML][HTML] The prospects of cellulase-producing bacteria for the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass

M Maki, KT Leung, W Qin - International journal of biological …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable and abundant resource with great potential for
bioconversion to value-added bioproducts. However, the biorefining process remains …

Clostridia: the importance of their exceptional substrate and metabolite diversity for biofuel and biorefinery applications

BP Tracy, SW Jones, AG Fast, DC Indurthi… - Current opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Clostridia are anaerobic Firmicutes producing a large array of metabolites by utilizing simple
and complex carbohydrates, such as cellulose, as well as CO2/H2 or CO. Their exceptional …

The ClosTron: mutagenesis in Clostridium refined and streamlined

JT Heap, SA Kuehne, M Ehsaan, ST Cartman… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The recent development of the ClosTron Group II intron directed mutagenesis tool for
Clostridium has advanced genetics in this genus, and here we present several significant …

Metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum: recent advances to improve butanol production

T Lütke-Eversloh, H Bahl - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
The biosynthesis of the solvents 1-butanol and acetone is restricted to species of the genus
Clostridium, a diverse group of Gram-positive, endospore forming anaerobes comprising …

Engineering for biofuels: exploiting innate microbial capacity or importing biosynthetic potential?

H Alper, G Stephanopoulos - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
The ideal microorganism for biofuel production will possess high substrate utilization and
processing capacities, fast and deregulated pathways for sugar transport, good tolerance to …

CRISPR‐based genome editing and expression control systems in Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii

Q Li, J Chen, NP Minton, Y Zhang, Z Wen… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Solventogenic clostridia are important industrial microorganisms that produce various
chemicals and fuels. Effective genetic tools would facilitate physiological studies aimed both …