Depolymerization and conversion of lignin to value-added bioproducts by microbial and enzymatic catalysis

C Weng, X Peng, Y Han - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Lignin, the most abundant renewable aromatic compound in nature, is an excellent
feedstock for value-added bioproducts manufacturing; while the intrinsic heterogeneity and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in biological techniques for sustainable lignocellulosic waste utilization in biogas production

Z Gao, K Alshehri, Y Li, H Qian, D Sapsford… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improper disposal of lignocellulosic wastes may produce a large quantity of greenhouse
gases and pollute the environment. Through anaerobic digestion processes, lignocellulosic …

Bacterial contributions to delignification and lignocellulose degradation in forest soils with metagenomic and quantitative stable isotope probing

RC Wilhelm, R Singh, LD Eltis, WW Mohn - The ISME Journal, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Delignification, or lignin-modification, facilitates the decomposition of lignocellulose in
woody plant biomass. The extant diversity of lignin-degrading bacteria and fungi is …

[HTML][HTML] Biological valorization of low molecular weight lignin

OY Abdelaziz, DP Brink, J Prothmann, K Ravi… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignin is a major component of lignocellulosic biomass and as such, it is processed in
enormous amounts in the pulp and paper industry worldwide. In such industry it mainly …

Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria

D Salvachúa, EM Karp, CT Nimlos, DR Vardon… - Green …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin represents an untapped resource in lignocellulosic biomass, primarily due to its
recalcitrance to depolymerization and its intrinsic heterogeneity. In Nature, microorganisms …

Exploring bacterial lignin degradation

ME Brown, MCY Chang - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Exploring diversity in microbial lignin degradation.•Elucidating lignin metabolism
in bacteria.•Discovery of new microbes and microbial consortia that degrade lignin.Plant …

Bacteroidetes bacteria in the soil: Glycan acquisition, enzyme secretion, and gliding motility

J Larsbrink, LS McKee - Advances in applied microbiology, 2020 - Elsevier
The secretion of extracellular enzymes by soil microbes is rate-limiting in the recycling of
biomass. Fungi and bacteria compete and collaborate for nutrients in the soil, with wide …

Biological valorization strategies for converting lignin into fuels and chemicals

Z Chen, C Wan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Lignin is a complex phenylpropanoid biopolymer conferring mechanical strength to plant
cell walls. Biorefineries, along with pulp and paper industry, generate large quantities of …

Bacterial valorization of lignin: strains, enzymes, conversion pathways, biosensors, and perspectives

S Lee, M Kang, JH Bae, JH Sohn… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lignin, an aromatic polymer found in plants, has been studied for years in many biological
fields. Initially, when biofuel was produced from lignocellulosic biomass, lignin was regarded …

Transformation of biomass into commodity chemicals using enzymes or cells

AJJ Straathof - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …