Remembering Mary (1917 to 2008): editorial introduction to the thematic series on the life and lifework of Mary Mandels, first lady of cellulase research.

abstract：BACKGROUND:When producing biofuels from dedicated feedstock, agronomic factors such as harvest time and location can impact the downstream production. Thus, this paper studies the effectiveness of ammonia fibre expansion (AFEX) pretreatment on two harvest times (July and October) and ecotypes/locations (Cave-in-Rock (C...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Bals B,Rogers C,Jin M,Balan V,Dale B

更新日期：2010-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Biofilms are cell communities wherein cells are embedded in a self-produced extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). The biofilm of Clostridium acetobutylicum confers the cells superior phenotypes and has been extensively exploited to produce a variety of liquid biofuels and bulk chemicals. However, little ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu D,Yang Z,Chen Y,Zhuang W,Niu H,Wu J,Ying H

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipid/carbohydrate content and ratio are extremely important when engineering algal cells for liquid biofuel production. However, conventional methods for such determination and quantification are not only destructive and tedious, but also energy consuming and environment unfriendly. In this study, we first ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Chiu LD,Ho SH,Shimada R,Ren NQ,Ozawa T

更新日期：2017-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Gut symbiotic microbiota plays a critical role in nutrient supply, digestion, and absorption. The bamboo snout beetle, Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, a common pest of several bamboo species, exhibits high lignocellulolytic enzyme activity and contains various CAZyme genes. However, to date, no studies have evaluate...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Luo C,Li Y,Chen Y,Fu C,Long W,Xiao X,Liao H,Yang Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The industrial vinegar residue (VR) from solid-state fermentation, mainly cereals and their bran, will be a potential feedstock for future biofuels because of their low cost and easy availability. However, utilization of VR for butanol production has not been as much optimized as other sources of lignocellul...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xia M,Peng M,Xue D,Cheng Y,Li C,Wang D,Lu K,Zheng Y,Xia T,Song J,Wang M

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen offers great potential for lower cost and higher efficiency compared to processes featuring dedicated cellulase production. Current studies on CBP-based hydrogen production mainly focus on using the thermophilic cellulolytic bacterium Cl...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Cao GL,Zhao L,Wang AJ,Wang ZY,Ren NQ

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Simultaneous wastewater treatment and lipid production by oleaginous microalgae show great potential to alleviate energy shortage and environmental pollution, because they exhibit tremendous advantages over traditional activated sludge. Currently, most research on wastewater treatment by microalgal are carri...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ma C,Wen H,Xing D,Pei X,Zhu J,Ren N,Liu B

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enzymatic degradation of plant biomass requires a complex mixture of many different enzymes. Like most fungi, thermophilic Myceliophthora species therefore have a large set of enzymes targeting different linkages in plant polysaccharides. The majority of these enzymes have not been functionally characterized...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Aguilar-Pontes MV,Zhou M,van der Horst S,Theelen B,de Vries RP,van den Brink J

更新日期：2016-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accumulation of recalcitrant oligosaccharides during high-solids loading enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass reduces biofuel yields and increases processing costs for a cellulosic biorefinery. Recalcitrant oligosaccharides in AFEX-pretreated corn stover hydrolysate accumulate to the extent of about 18...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xue S,Uppugundla N,Bowman MJ,Cavalier D,Da Costa Sousa L,E Dale B,Balan V

更新日期：2015-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Furfural is the prevalent microbial inhibitor generated during pretreatment and hydrolysis of lignocellulose biomass to monomeric sugars, but the response of acetone butanol ethanol (ABE) producing Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 to this compound at the molecular level is unknown. To discern the effect o...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Zhang Y,Ezeji TC

更新日期：2013-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulose is crucial to bioconversion in the fields of biorefinery and biofuels. However, the enzyme inhibitors in pretreatment hydrolysate make solid substrate washing and hydrolysate detoxification indispensable prior to enzymatic hydrolysis. Sulfite pretreatment to over...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Wang Z,Zhu J,Fu Y,Qin M,Shao Z,Jiang J,Yang F

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass offers a series of challenges for biochemical processing into biofuels and bio-products. For the first time, we address these challenges with a biomimetic system via a mild yet rapid Fenton reaction and lignocellulose-degrading bacterial strain Cupriavidus basilen...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Zhang K,Si M,Liu D,Zhuo S,Liu M,Liu H,Yan X,Shi Y

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalgae are highly efficient cellular factories that capture CO2 and are also alternative feedstock for biofuel production. Carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids are major biochemical components in microalgae. Carbohydrates or starch in microalgae are possible substrates in yeast fermentation for biofuel pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Cheng D,Li D,Yuan Y,Zhou L,Li X,Wu T,Wang L,Zhao Q,Wei W,Sun Y

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Energy crops including Miscanthus provide a storable, portable energy source which can be used to complement a wide range of products and energy generation systems. Miscanthus is predominantly used in Europe as a combustion material for electricity generation but also has the potential for biochemical conver...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Adams JMM,Winters AL,Hodgson EM,Gallagher JA

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyanobacteria are an attractive candidate for the production of biofuel because of their ability to capture carbon dioxide by photosynthesis and grow on non-arable land. However, because huge quantities of water are required for cultivation, strict water management is one of the greatest issues in algae- and...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Miyake K,Abe K,Ferri S,Nakajima M,Nakamura M,Yoshida W,Kojima K,Ikebukuro K,Sode K

更新日期：2014-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Acetoin and 2,3-butanediol are two important biorefinery platform chemicals. They are currently fermented below 40°C using mesophilic strains, but the processes often suffer from bacterial contamination. RESULTS:This work reports the isolation and identification of a novel aerobic Geobacillus s...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xiao Z,Wang X,Huang Y,Huo F,Zhu X,Xi L,Lu JR

更新日期：2012-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Part-stream low-frequency ultrasound (LFUS) was one of the common practices for sludge disintegration in full-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities. However, the effectiveness of part-stream LFUS treatment and its effect on AD microbiome have not been fully elucidated. Methods:Here we testified the effe...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xia Y,Yang C,Zhang T

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Methane, a main component of natural gas and biogas, has gained much attention as an abundant and low-cost carbon source. Methanotrophs, which can use methane as a sole carbon and energy source, are promising hosts to produce value-added chemicals from methane, but their metabolic engineering is still challe...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Lee JK,Kim S,Kim W,Kim S,Cha S,Moon H,Hur DH,Kim SY,Na JG,Lee JW,Lee EY,Hahn JS

更新日期：2019-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isobutanol can be a better biofuel than ethanol due to its higher energy density and lower hygroscopicity. Furthermore, the branched-chain structure of isobutanol gives a higher octane number than the isomeric n-butanol. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was chosen as the production host because of its relative toler...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Chen X,Nielsen KF,Borodina I,Kielland-Brandt MC,Karhumaa K

更新日期：2011-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Microalgae are attracting much attention as a promising feedstock for renewable energy production, while simultaneously providing environmental benefits. So far, comparison studies for microalgae selection for this purpose were mainly based on data obtained from batch cultures, where the lipid content and th...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Jebali A,Acién FG,Jiménez-Ruiz N,Gómez C,Fernández-Sevilla JM,Mhiri N,Karray F,Sayadi S,Molina-Grima E

更新日期：2019-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Understanding the extracellular electron transport pathways in cyanobacteria is a major factor towards developing biophotovoltaics. Stressing cyanobacteria cells environmentally and then probing changes in physiology or metabolism following a significant change in electron transfer rates is a common approach...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Okedi TI,Fisher AC,Yunus K

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:We previously developed several strategies to engineer plants to produce cost-efficient biofuels from plant biomass. Engineered Arabidopsis plants with low xylan and lignin content showed normal growth and improved saccharification efficiency under standard growth conditions. However, it remains to be determ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yan J,Aznar A,Chalvin C,Birdseye DS,Baidoo EEK,Eudes A,Shih PM,Loqué D,Zhang A,Scheller HV

更新日期：2018-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria, a group of photosynthetic prokaryotes, are being increasingly explored for direct conversion of carbon dioxide to useful chemicals. However, efforts to engineer these photoautotrophs have resulted in low product titers. This may be ascribed to the bottlenecks in metabolic pathways, which need ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Sengupta S,Jaiswal D,Sengupta A,Shah S,Gadagkar S,Wangikar PP

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduced yields of ethanol due to bacterial contamination in fermentation cultures weaken the economics of biofuel production. Lactic acid bacteria are considered the most problematic, and surveys of commercial fuel ethanol facilities have found that species of Lactobacillus are predominant. Bacteriophage lyt...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Roach DR,Khatibi PA,Bischoff KM,Hughes SR,Donovan DM

更新日期：2013-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Acetylated galactoglucomannan (AcGGM) is a complex hemicellulose found in softwoods such as Norway spruce (Picea abies). AcGGM has a large potential as a biorefinery feedstock and source of oligosaccharides for high-value industrial applications. Steam explosion is an effective method for extraction of carbo...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Michalak L,Knutsen SH,Aarum I,Westereng B

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bioaugmentation or an addition of the desired microorganisms or specialized microbial strains into the anaerobic digesters can enhance the performance of microbial community in the hydrogen production process. Most of the studies focused on a bioaugmentation of native microorganisms capable of producing hydr...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Laocharoen S,Reungsang A,Plangklang P

更新日期：2015-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria are ideal model organisms to exploit photosynthetically derived electrons or fixed carbon for the biotechnological synthesis of high value compounds and energy carriers. Much effort is spent on the rational design of heterologous pathways to produce value-added chemicals. Much less focus is dra...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Grund M,Jakob T,Wilhelm C,Bühler B,Schmid A

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The crystallinity of cellulose is a principal factor limiting the efficient hydrolysis of biomass to fermentable sugars or direct catalytic conversion to biofuel components. We evaluated the impact of TFA-induced gelatinization of crystalline cellulose on enhancement of enzymatic digestion and catalytic conv...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Shiga TM,Xiao W,Yang H,Zhang X,Olek AT,Donohoe BS,Liu J,Makowski L,Hou T,McCann MC,Carpita NC,Mosier NS

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher ratios of syringyl-to-guaiacyl (S/G) lignin components of Populus were shown to improve sugar release by enzymatic hydrolysis using commercial blends. Cellulolytic microbes are often robust biomass hydrolyzers and may offer cost advantages; however, it is unknown whether their activity can also be sig...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Dumitrache A,Akinosho H,Rodriguez M Jr,Meng X,Yoo CG,Natzke J,Engle NL,Sykes RW,Tschaplinski TJ,Muchero W,Ragauskas AJ,Davison BH,Brown SD

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Separating acidification and methanogenic steps in anaerobic digestion processes can help to optimize the process and contribute to producing valuable sub-products such as methane, hydrogen and organic acids. However, the full potential of this technology has not been fully explored yet. To assess the underl...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Abendroth C,Simeonov C,Peretó J,Antúnez O,Gavidia R,Luschnig O,Porcar M

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00