Metabolic engineering can have a pivotal role in increasing the environmental sustainability
of the transportation and chemical manufacturing sectors. The field has already developed …

“Second generation” bioethanol, with lignocellulose material as feedstock, is a promising
alternative for first generation bioethanol. This paper provides an overview of the current …

The directed evolution of biomolecules to improve or change their activity is central to many
engineering and synthetic biology efforts. However, selecting improved variants from gene …

The decline in soil quality is becoming a significant process of soil degradation. Optimizing
organic fertilizer incorporation practices in cropland is essential to enhancing crop …

Abstract Background The fungal genus Aspergillus is of critical importance to humankind.
Species include those with industrial applications, important pathogens of humans, animals …

The plant cell wall, often the site of initial encounters between plants and their microbial
pathogens, is composed of a complex mixture of cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin …

The recent start-up of several full-scale 'second generation'ethanol plants marks a major
milestone in the development of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for fermentation of …

The use of plant biomass for biofuel production will require efficient utilization of the sugars
in lignocellulose, primarily glucose and xylose. However, strains of Saccharomyces …

Rational engineering of filamentous fungi for improved cellulase production is hampered by
our incomplete knowledge of transcriptional regulatory networks. We therefore used the …

Recently, lignocellulosic biomass as the most abundant renewable resource has been
widely considered for bioalcohols production. However, the complex structure of …