Biological production of medium-chain carboxylates through chain elongation: an overview

J Wang, Y Yin - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylates (MCCs) have wide applications in various industries, but the
traditional MCCs production methods are costly and unsustainable. Anaerobic fermentation …

Medium chain carboxylic acids production from waste biomass: Current advances and perspectives

Q Wu, X Bao, W Guo, B Wang, Y Li, H Luo… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alternative chemicals to diverse fossil-fuel-based products is urgently needed to mitigate the
adverse impacts of fossil fuel depletion on human development. To this end, researchers …

Toward net-zero sustainable aviation fuel with wet waste–derived volatile fatty acids

NA Huq, GR Hafenstine, X Huo… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
With the increasing demand for net-zero sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), new conversion
technologies are needed to process waste feedstocks and meet carbon reduction and cost …

Caproic acid production from anaerobic fermentation of organic waste-Pathways and microbial perspective

W Dong, Y Yang, C Liu, J Zhang, J Pan, L Luo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide a holistic synopsis of the current state of the art knowledge on
caproic acid production via anaerobic fermentation from the perspectives of microbes and …

A heterogeneous microbial consortium producing short-chain fatty acids from lignocellulose

RL Shahab, S Brethauer, MP Davey, AG Smith… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Consortia of microorganisms are a promising alternative to monocultures
for complex biotransformations because of their inherent advantages, such as the …

Sodium butyrate ameliorates diabetic retinopathy in mice via the regulation of gut microbiota and related short-chain fatty acids

Y Huang, Z Wang, B Ye, JH Ma, S Ji, W Sheng… - Journal of translational …, 2023 - Springer
Background Diabetic retinopathy (DR) development is associated with disturbances in the
gut microbiota and related metabolites. Butyric acid is one of the short-chain fatty acids …

Fecal short chain fatty acids in children living on farms and a link between valeric acid and protection from eczema

M Gio-Batta, F Sjöberg, K Jonsson, M Barman… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Children growing up on farms have low rates of allergy, but the mechanism for this protective
effect has not been fully elucidated. Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) produced by the gut …

Metabolic cascade of complex organic wastes to medium-chain carboxylic acids: A review on the state-of-the-art multi-omics analysis for anaerobic chain elongation …

H Kim, S Kang, BI Sang - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium-chain carboxylic acid (MCCA) production from organic wastes has attracted much
attention because of their higher energy contents and diverse applications. Anaerobic …

The Isolate Caproiciproducens sp. 7D4C2 Produces n-Caproate at Mildly Acidic Conditions From Hexoses: Genome and rBOX Comparison With Related Strains …

S Esquivel-Elizondo, C Bağcı, M Temovska… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bulk production of medium-chain carboxylates (MCCs) with 6–12 carbon atoms is of great
interest to biotechnology. Open cultures (eg, reactor microbiomes) have been utilized to …

Increasing the economic value of lignocellulosic stillage through medium-chain fatty acid production

MJ Scarborough, G Lynch, M Dickson, M McGee… - Biotechnology for …, 2018 - Springer
Background Lignocellulosic biomass is seen as an abundant renewable source of liquid
fuels and chemicals that are currently derived from petroleum. When lignocellulosic biomass …