Current status and strategies for second generation biofuel production using microbial systems

SK Bhatia, SH Kim, JJ Yoon, YH Yang - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Economic growth and industrial energy demand necessitate sustainable energy resources.
The food vs. fuel issue means that first generation biofuels appear unsustainable. Therefore …

High-temperature fermentation: how can processes for ethanol production at high temperatures become superior to the traditional process using mesophilic yeast?

BMA Abdel-Banat, H Hoshida, A Ano… - Applied microbiology …, 2010 - Springer
The process of ethanol fermentation has a long history in the production of alcoholic drinks,
but much larger scale production of ethanol is now required to enable its use as a …

Application of pretreatment, fermentation and molecular techniques for enhancing bioethanol production from grass biomass–A review

S Mohapatra, C Mishra, SS Behera, H Thatoi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Grasses as lignocellulose biomass are promising feed stocks for renewable bioethanol
production, since these raw materials have high productivity, require low agricultural inputs …

Trends and challenges in the microbial production of lignocellulosic bioalcohol fuels

C Weber, A Farwick, F Benisch, D Brat, H Dietz… - Applied microbiology …, 2010 - Springer
Bioalcohols produced by microorganisms from renewable materials are promising
substitutes for traditional fuels derived from fossil sources. For several years already ethanol …

The genome of the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain C1A reveals the unique evolutionary history of a remarkable plant biomass degrader

NH Youssef, MB Couger… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anaerobic gut fungi represent a distinct early-branching fungal phylum (
Neocallimastigomycota) and reside in the rumen, hindgut, and feces of ruminant and …

Production of bioethanol using agricultural waste: banana pseudo stem

S Ingale, SJ Joshi, A Gupte - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
India is amongst the largest banana (Musa acuminata) producing countries and thus
banana pseudo stem is commonly available agricultural waste to be used as lignocellulosic …

[HTML][HTML] Thermotolerant fermenting yeasts for simultaneous saccharification fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass

J Choudhary, S Singh, L Nain - Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable source of energy that has been
widely explored as second-generation biofuel feedstock. Despite more than four decades of …

Lignocellulosic ethanol: technology design and its impact on process efficiency

L Paulova, P Patakova, B Branska, M Rychtera… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review provides current information on the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic
biomass, with the main focus on relationships between process design and efficiency …

Switchgrass as an energy crop for biofuel production: a review of its ligno-cellulosic chemical properties

K David, AJ Ragauskas - Energy & Environmental Science, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past two decades, the use of biomass as a resource for biofuels and bioenergy has
garnered much interest. The reduction in green house gas emissions of renewable fuels as …

Bioethanol production from pentose sugars: Current status and future prospects

RC Kuhad, R Gupta, YP Khasa, A Singh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
The utilization of hemicellulose, the second most abundant polysaccharide, is must for the
cost-efficient production of ethanol from second generation feedstocks. Xylan, the major …