Recent advances in lactic acid production by microbial fermentation processes

MA Abdel-Rahman, Y Tashiro, K Sonomoto - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Fermentative production of optically pure lactic acid has roused interest among researchers
in recent years due to its high potential for applications in a wide range of fields. More …

[HTML][HTML] Lactic acid for green chemical industry: recent advances in and future prospects for production technology, recovery, and applications

J Kim, YM Kim, VR Lebaka, YJ Wee - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lactic acid, an organic acid produced by numerous microorganisms, has many applications
in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and polymer industries, with novel applications being …

[HTML][HTML] Glycerol production and transformation: a critical review with particular emphasis on glycerol reforming reaction for producing hydrogen in conventional and …

G Bagnato, A Iulianelli, A Sanna, A Basile - Membranes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Glycerol represents an emerging renewable bio-derived feedstock, which could be used as
a source for producing hydrogen through steam reforming reaction. In this review, the state …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiesel biorefinery: opportunities and challenges for microbial production of fuels and chemicals from glycerol waste

JRM Almeida, LCL Fávaro, BF Quirino - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2012 - Springer
The considerable increase in biodiesel production worldwide in the last 5 years resulted in a
stoichiometric increased coproduction of crude glycerol. As an excess of crude glycerol has …

Biofuel production in Escherichia coli: the role of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology

JM Clomburg, R Gonzalez - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
The microbial production of biofuels is a promising avenue for the development of viable
processes for the generation of fuels from sustainable resources. In order to become cost …

[HTML][HTML] The path to next generation biofuels: successes and challenges in the era of synthetic biology

C Dellomonaco, F Fava, R Gonzalez - Microbial Cell Factories, 2010 - Springer
Volatility of oil prices along with major concerns about climate change, oil supply security
and depleting reserves have sparked renewed interest in the production of fuels from …

Potential and limitations of Klebsiella pneumoniae as a microbial cell factory utilizing glycerol as the carbon source

V Kumar, S Park - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that metabolizes glycerol
efficiently under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This microbe is considered an …

[HTML][HTML] A Gram-Scale Limonene Production Process with Engineered Escherichia coli

J Rolf, MK Julsing, K Rosenthal, S Lütz - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monoterpenes, such as the cyclic terpene limonene, are valuable and important natural
products widely used in food, cosmetics, household chemicals, and pharmaceutical …

Design and analysis of biorefineries based on raw glycerol: addressing the glycerol problem

JA Posada, LE Rincón, CA Cardona - Bioresource Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
Glycerol as a low-cost by-product of the biodiesel industry can be considered a renewable
building block for biorefineries. In this work, the conversion of raw glycerol to nine added …

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of succinate from glycerol

MD Blankschien, JM Clomburg, R Gonzalez - Metabolic engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
Glycerol has become an ideal feedstock for the microbial production of bio-based chemicals
due to its abundance, low cost, and high degree of reduction. We have previously reported …