Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for biofuel production

P Majidian, M Tabatabaei, M Zeinolabedini… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microorganisms directly and indirectly contribute to production of diverse biofuels.
Heterotrophic microorganisms are being used for commercial production of biofuels such as …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic biology on acetogenic bacteria for highly efficient conversion of C1 gases to biochemicals

S Jin, J Bae, Y Song, N Pearcy, J Shin, S Kang… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Synthesis gas, which is mainly produced from fossil fuels or biomass gasification, consists of
C1 gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane as well as hydrogen …

Bacterial Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9: Deletion, Integration, Single Nucleotide Modification, and Desirable “Clean” Mutant Selection in Clostridium beijerinckii …

Y Wang, ZT Zhang, SO Seo, P Lynn, T Lu… - ACS synthetic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
CRISPR-Cas9 has been demonstrated as a transformative genome engineering tool for
many eukaryotic organisms; however, its utilization in bacteria remains limited and …

Continuous long-term electricity-driven bioproduction of carboxylates and isopropanol from CO2 with a mixed microbial community

JBA Arends, SA Patil, H Roume, K Rabaey - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2017 - Elsevier
Electricity-driven bioproduction processes such as microbial electrosynthesis enable
converting CO 2 and organic feedstocks into target chemicals with minimal addition of …

Enhanced solvent production by metabolic engineering of a twin-clostridial consortium

Z Wen, NP Minton, Y Zhang, Q Li, J Liu, Y Jiang… - Metabolic …, 2017 - Elsevier
The efficient fermentative production of solvents (acetone, n-butanol, and ethanol) from a
lignocellulosic feedstock using a single process microorganism has yet to be demonstrated …

Energy-efficient butanol production by Clostridium acetobutylicum with histidine kinase knockouts to improve strain tolerance and process robustness

G Du, C Zhu, M Xu, L Wang, ST Yang, C Xue - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Under stress, Clostridium acetobutylicum sporulates and halts its metabolism, which limits its
use in industrial acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation. It is challenging to …

Catalytic upgrading of biomass derived furans

F Deng, AS Amarasekara - Industrial Crops and Products, 2021 - Elsevier
The current interest in biomass derived renewable furan derivatives furfural and 5-
hydroxymethylfurfural commonly known as biofurans is due to their ready accessibility …

Lignocellulosic biomass to biobutanol: Toxic effects and response mechanism of the combined stress of lignin-derived phenolic acids and phenolic aldehydes to …

H Luo, Z Liu, F Xie, M Bilal, F Peng - Industrial Crops and Products, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant bioresource to consider as an alternative
feedstock to produce environmentally friendlier biobutanol as an advanced biofuel …

Bio-butanol production from rice straw–recent trends, possibilities, and challenges

N Vivek, LM Nair, B Mohan, SC Nair, R Sindhu… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increase in concerns over greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of fossil fuels has led to
the search for alternative strategies of energy. Rice straw mainly composed of cellulose …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and advances for genetic engineering of non-model bacteria and uses in consolidated bioprocessing

Q Yan, SS Fong - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic diversity in microorganisms can provide the basis for creating novel biochemical
products. However, most metabolic engineering projects utilize a handful of established …