The past 5 years have seen significant progress in the field of limonene biotransformation,
especially with regard to the regiospecificity of microbial biocatalysts. Whereas earlier only …

The terpenes are secondary metabolites of plants that are produced, in part, as a defense
against microorganisms and insects in addition to their pollinator-attractive properties. 1 In …

Plants possess myriads of secondary metabolites with a broad spectrum of health-promoting
benefits. To date, plant extraction is still the primary route to produce high-value natural …

Background Limonene is an important biologically active natural product widely used in the
food, cosmetic, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. However, the low abundance of …

The effects of d-limonene concentration, enzyme loading, and pH on ethanol production
from simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of citrus peel waste by …

Strain DCL14, which is able to grow on limonene as a sole source of carbon and energy,
was isolated from a freshwater sediment sample. This organism was identified as a strain of …

New vector systems were developed for gene expression in Y. lipolytica. These plasmids
contain:(a) as integration target sequences, either a rDNA region or the long terminal repeat …

Yeasts are the major producer of biotechnology products worldwide, exceeding production
in capacity and economic revenues of other groups of industrial microorganisms. Yeasts …

Contributions from 80 world-renowned authorities representing a broad international
background lend Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental …

The occurrence in Nature of the chiral units building up biomolecules in a precise
enantiopure form is considered to be a chemical signature of Life, 1 an expression of that …