Infectious diseases, along with cancers, are among the main causes of death among
humans worldwide. The production of therapeutic proteins for treating diseases at large …

The potential of cellulolytic enzymes has been widely studied and explored for
bioconversion processes and plays a key role in various industrial applications. Cellulase, a …

More than 70 years ago, the filamentous ascomycete Trichoderma reesei was isolated on
the Solomon Islands due to its ability to degrade and thrive on cellulose containing fabrics …

Lignocellulosic biomass has been considered as an important and sustainable source of
renewable energy. Cellulose constitutes the major component of the lignocellulosic biomass …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the preferred microorganism for the production of bioethanol
from biomass. Industrial strain development for first-generation ethanol from sugar cane and …

Second generation biofuel development is increasingly reliant on the recombinant
expression of cellulases. Designing or identifying successful expression systems is thus of …

Lignin serves as the most abundant source of aromatic high-value products, but it has
remained underexploited due to its inert and recalcitrant nature. White-rot basidiomycetes …

Highlights•Consolidated bioprocessing is a promising technology to enable cellulose
utilization.•Yeast, filamentous fungi and bacteria have been engineered as CBP organisms.• …

Selected strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are used for commercial bioethanol
production from cellulose and starch, but the high cost of exogenous enzymes for substrate …

Metagenomics and directed evolution technology have brought a revolution in search of
novel enzymes from extreme environment and improvement of existing enzymes and tuning …