Ethanol is an alternative biofuel produced by a biotechnological process from sucrose-rich
crops (eg, sugarcane, beet, and sweet sorghum). In order to increase the productivity of this
alcohol without increasing the cultivated crop area, efforts have been focused on the use of
alternative raw materials, such as lignocellulosic residues and microbial sources, called
second-generation (2G) and third-generation (3G) ethanol, respectively. However, 2G and
3G production processes are not consolidated, with a lot of bottlenecks. Aiming to overcome …