[HTML][HTML] Physiological limitations and opportunities in microbial metabolic engineering

J Montaño López, L Duran, JL Avalos - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic engineering can have a pivotal role in increasing the environmental sustainability
of the transportation and chemical manufacturing sectors. The field has already developed …

Hemicelluloses for fuel ethanol: a review

FM Gírio, C Fonseca, F Carvalheiro, LC Duarte… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
Hemicelluloses currently represent the largest polysaccharide fraction wasted in most
cellulosic ethanol pilot and demonstration plants around the world. The reasons are based …

Xylose Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Challenges and Prospects

DN Moysés, VCB Reis, JRM Almeida… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Many years have passed since the first genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae
strains capable of fermenting xylose were obtained with the promise of an environmentally …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for second-generation ethanol production: from academic exploration to industrial implementation

MLA Jansen, JM Bracher, I Papapetridis… - FEMS yeast …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The recent start-up of several full-scale 'second generation'ethanol plants marks a major
milestone in the development of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for fermentation of …

[HTML][HTML] Towards industrial pentose-fermenting yeast strains

B Hahn-Hägerdal, K Karhumaa, C Fonseca… - Applied microbiology …, 2007 - Springer
Production of bioethanol from forest and agricultural products requires a fermenting
organism that converts all types of sugars in the raw material to ethanol in high yield and …

Engineering of yeast hexose transporters to transport d-xylose without inhibition by d-glucose

A Farwick, S Bruder, V Schadeweg… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
All known d-xylose transporters are competitively inhibited by d-glucose, which is one of the
major reasons hampering simultaneous fermentation of d-glucose and d-xylose, two primary …

Progress in Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

E Nevoigt - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The traditional use of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in alcoholic fermentation has,
over time, resulted in substantial accumulated knowledge concerning genetics, physiology …

[HTML][HTML] Ethanol production from xylose in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains: current state and perspectives

A Matsushika, H Inoue, T Kodaki… - Applied microbiology and …, 2009 - Springer
Bioethanol production from xylose is important for utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as
raw materials. The research on yeast conversion of xylose to ethanol has been intensively …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and prospects of xylitol production with whole cell bio-catalysis: A review

D Dasgupta, S Bandhu, DK Adhikari, D Ghosh - Microbiological Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Xylitol, as an alternative low calorie sweetener is well accepted in formulations of various
confectioneries and healthcare products. Worldwide it is industrially produced by catalytic …

Engineering yeasts for xylose metabolism

TW Jeffries - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2006 - Elsevier
Technologies for the production of alternative fuels are receiving increased attention owing
to concerns over the rising cost of petrol and global warming. One such technology under …