Ongoing research to develop digestion-resistant starch for human health promotion
integrates the disciplines of starch chemistry, agronomy, analytical chemistry, food science …

Butanol as an advanced biofuel has gained great attention due to its environmental benefits
and superior properties compared to ethanol. However, the cost of biobutanol production via …

Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic homoacetogen, able to ferment sugars, other organic
compounds, or CO2/H2 and synthesis gas (CO/H2). The latter feature makes it an interesting …

Recent analyses of ribosomal RNA sequence diversity have demonstrated the extent of
bacterial diversity in the human colon, and have provided new tools for monitoring changes …

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are used as building blocks to synthesize a wide range of
commercially-important chemicals. Microbially produced VFAs (acetic acid, propionic acid …

CRISPR-Cas9 has been demonstrated as a transformative genome engineering tool for
many eukaryotic organisms; however, its utilization in bacteria remains limited and …

Butyric acid is an important C4 organic acid with broad applications. It is currently produced
by chemosynthesis from petroleum-based feedstocks. However, the fermentative production …

Several issues of butyric acid production with bacteria through fermentation are presented in
this review. The current progress including the utilization of butyric acid, the production …

Clostridium tyrobutyricum ATCC 25755, a butyric acid producing bacterium, has been
engineered to overexpress aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (adhE2, Genebank no …

A possible way to improve the economic efficacy of acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation
is to increase the butanol ratio by eliminating the production of other by-products, such as …