Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Biobutanol will become an attractive, economic and sustainable fuel as petroleum oil leads
towards expensive fuel due to diminishing oil reserves and an increase of green house …

Kombucha, a fermented tea beverage with an acidic and effervescent taste, is composed of
a multispecies microbial ecosystem with complex interactions that are characterized by both …

In cellulose-to-ethanol processes a physico-chemical pretreatment of the lignocellulosic
feedstock is a crucial prerequisite for increasing the amenability of the cellulose to enzymatic …

Butanol is acknowledged as a drop-in biofuel that can be used in the existing transportation
infrastructure, addressing the needs for sustainable liquid fuel. However, before becoming a …

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 …

Highlights•Disruption of cellular macromolecules by alcohols limits biofuel fermentations.•
Lignocellulose hydrolysis also generates chaotropic inhibitors (vanillin, phenolics …

Abstract n-Butanol is an important bulk chemical. Commercial fermentative production of n-
butanol has been applied more than 100 years ago but is currently more costly than …

Lactic acid bacteria are well known to be beneficial for food production and, as probiotics,
they are relevant for many aspects of health. However, their potential as cell factories for the …

Increased membrane fluidity, which causes cofactor leakage and loss of membrane
potential, has long been documented as a cause for decreased cell growth during exposure …