Fossil based resources are a major contributor to energy and chemicals to modern-day
development. The negative environmental impacts of fossil-based resources accompanied …

Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) is an innovative approach for the generation of evolved
microbial strains with desired characteristics, by implementing the rules of natural selection …

Global climate change linked to the accumulation of greenhouse gases has caused
concerns regarding the use of fossil fuels as the major energy source. To mitigate climate …

Biobutanol has demonstrated to be a superior alternative biofuel in internal combustion
engine (ICEs). Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation engineering is a typical …

For thousands of years, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) has served as a
cell factory for the production of bread, beer, and wine. In more recent years, this yeast has …

Environmental deterioration, global climate change, and consequent increases in pollution-
related health problems among populations have been attributed to growing consumption of …

Advanced biofuels produced by microorganisms have similar properties to petroleum-based
fuels, and can'drop in'to the existing transportation infrastructure. However, producing these …

Butanol is a very competitive renewable biofuel for use in internal combustion engines given
its many advantages. In this review, the properties of butanol are compared with the …

Increasing energy costs and environmental concerns have emphasized the need to produce
sustainable renewable fuels and chemicals. Major efforts to this end are focused on the …

Metabolic engineering has the potential to produce from simple, readily available,
inexpensive starting materials a large number of chemicals that are currently derived from …