Bioconversion of renewable lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel and value added products
are globally gaining significant prominence. Market forces demonstrate a drive towards …

Adaptive laboratory evolution is a frequent method in biological studies to gain insights into
the basic mechanisms of molecular evolution and adaptive changes that accumulate in …

Oils and fats of vegetable and animal origin have been the most important renewable
feedstock of the chemical industry in the past and in the present. A tremendous geographical …

To date, most genetic engineering approaches coupling the type II Streptococcus pyogenes
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 system to lambda …

One approach to reducing the costs of advanced biofuel production from cellulosic biomass
is to engineer a single microorganism to both digest plant biomass and produce …

Synthetic control of gene expression is critical for metabolic engineering efforts. Specifically,
precise control of key pathway enzymes (heterologous or native) can help maximize product …

To ensure the long-term viability of biorefineries, it is essential to go beyond the
carbohydrate-based platform and develop complementing technologies capable of …

The Guerbet condensation reaction is an alcohol coupling reaction that has been known for
more than a century. Because of the increasing availability of bio-based alcohol feedstock …

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 …

This review focuses on the pivotal role of catalysis, both chemical and biological, in the
development of sustainable technologies for the conversion of waste biomass to fuels …