Highlights•High-value organic acids range from carbon-two to carbon-six molecules.•
Engineered microbial cells reach titers of more than 200 g/L of organic acids.•Production …

Biomass can be classified broadly as all the matter on the earth's surface of recent biological
origin. 1 Biomass includes plant materials such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops, algal …

The traditional use of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in alcoholic fermentation has,
over time, resulted in substantial accumulated knowledge concerning genetics, physiology …

Non-conventional yeasts have attracted increasing interest due to their biochemical
characteristics and potential applications. Yarrowia lipolytica is a non-conventional yeast …

Lactic acid, the most important hydroxycarboxylic acid, is now commercially produced by the
fermentation of sugars present in biomass. In addition to its use in the synthesis of …

We illuminate the ecological, physiological and genetic characteristics of the yeast
Debaryomyces hansenii in the view of our belief that this metabolically versatile, non …

Escherichia coli TC44, a derivative of W3110, was engineered for the production of pyruvate
from glucose by combining mutations to minimize ATP yield, cell growth, and CO2 …

Unconventional and nonpathogenic Yarrowia lipolytica yeast has been addressed in
various studies conducted in many research centers, and in recent years has been …

The absence of alcoholic fermentation makes pyruvate decarboxylase-negative (Pdc−)
strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae an interesting platform for further metabolic …

To gain some specific insight into the roles microorganisms might play in non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD), some intestinal and lactic acid bacteria and one yeast (Anaerostipes …