Organosolv pretreatment of sorghum bagasse using a low concentration of hydrophobic solvents such as 1-butanol or 1-pentanol.

abstract：Background:Irpex lacteus is one of the most potent white rot fungi for biological pretreatment of lignocellulose for second biofuel production. To elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism involved in lignocellulose deconstruction, genomic and transcriptomic analyses were carried out for I. lacteus CD2 grown in subm...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Qin X,Su X,Luo H,Ma R,Yao B,Ma F

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:In the present study, three ionic liquids, namely 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]OAc), and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium diethyl phosphate ([EMIM]DEP), were used to partially dissolve rice husk, after which the cellulose were regenerated...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ang TN,Ngoh GC,Chua AS,Lee MG

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable works have been reported concerning the obstruction of enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency by lignin. However, there is a lack of information about the influence of lignin on the adsorption of cellulases on cellulose, along with the hydrolytic activity of the cellulases adsorbed on lignin. In additi...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Li Y,Sun Z,Ge X,Zhang J

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complete conversion of the major sugars of biomass including both the C5 and C6 sugars is critical for biofuel production processes. Several inhibitory compounds like acetate, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and furfural are produced from the biomass pretreatment process leading to 'hydrolysate toxicity,' a maj...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Mohagheghi A,Linger JG,Yang S,Smith H,Dowe N,Zhang M,Pienkos PT

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lignin is a heterogeneous polymer representing a renewable source of aromatic and phenolic bio-derived products for the chemical industry. However, the inherent structural complexity and recalcitrance of lignin makes its conversion into valuable chemicals a challenge. Natural microbial communities produce bi...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Moraes EC,Alvarez TM,Persinoti GF,Tomazetto G,Brenelli LB,Paixão DAA,Ematsu GC,Aricetti JA,Caldana C,Dixon N,Bugg TDH,Squina FM

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellulose amorphogenesis, described as the non-hydrolytic "opening up" or disruption of a cellulosic substrate, is becoming increasingly recognized as one of the key steps in the enzymatic deconstruction of cellulosic biomass when used as a feedstock for fuels and chemicals production. Although this process ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Gourlay K,Arantes V,Saddler JN

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most advanced strains of xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae still utilize xylose far less efficiently than glucose, despite the extensive metabolic and evolutionary engineering applied in their development. Systematic comparison of strains across literature is difficult due to widely varying cond...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Novy V,Wang R,Westman JO,Franzén CJ,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main obstacles for continuous productivity in microalgae cultivation is the presence of biological contaminants capable of eliminating large numbers of cells in a matter of days or even hours. However, a number of strategies are being used to combat and prevent contamination in microalgae cultivation. These...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Bacellar Mendes LB,Vermelho AB

更新日期：2013-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：: A range of lignocellulosic feedstocks (including agricultural, softwood and hardwood substrates) were pretreated with either sulfur dioxide-catalyzed steam or an ethanol organosolv procedure to try to establish a reliable assessment of the factors governing the minimum protein loading that could be used to achieve ef...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Arantes V,Saddler JN

更新日期：2011-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that acquired the ability to utilize xylose through metabolic and evolutionary engineering exhibit good performance when xylose is the sole carbon source in the medium (designated the X stage in the present work). However, the xylose consumption rate of strain...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Wei S,Liu Y,Wu M,Ma T,Bai X,Hou J,Shen Y,Bao X

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic and proteomic analysis are potent tools for metabolic characterization of microorganisms. Although cellulose usually triggers cellulase production in cellulolytic fungi, the secretion of the different enzymes involved in polymer conversion is subjected to different factors, depending on growth condit...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： de Eugenio LI,Méndez-Líter JA,Nieto-Domínguez M,Alonso L,Gil-Muñoz J,Barriuso J,Prieto A,Martínez MJ

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Biogenic and biogenic-thermogenic coalbed methane (CBM) are important energy reserves for unconventional natural gas. Thus, to investigate biogenic gas formation mechanisms, a series of fresh coal samples from several representative areas of China were analyzed to detect hydrogen-producing bacteria and metha...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Su X,Zhao W,Xia D

更新日期：2018-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Termite lignocellulose digestion is achieved through a collaboration of host plus prokaryotic and eukaryotic symbionts. In the present work, we took a combined host and symbiont metatranscriptomic approach for investigating the digestive contributions of host and symbiont in the lower termite Reticulitermes ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Tartar A,Wheeler MM,Zhou X,Coy MR,Boucias DG,Scharf ME

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria can be metabolically engineered to convert CO2 to fuels and chemicals such as ethylene. A major challenge in such efforts is to optimize carbon fixation and partition towards target molecules. Results:The efe gene encoding an ethylene-forming enzyme was introduced into a strain of the cyanobac...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Durall C,Lindberg P,Yu J,Lindblad P

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:β-Glucosidase is an important component of the cellulase enzyme system. It does not only participate in cellulose degradation, it also plays an important role in hydrolyzing cellulose to fermentable glucose by relieving the inhibition of exoglucanase and endoglucanase from cellobiose. Therefore, the glucose-...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Pei J,Pang Q,Zhao L,Fan S,Shi H

更新日期：2012-07-11 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:Lignocellulosic ethanol has a high potential as renewable energy source. In recent years, much research effort has been spent to optimize parameters involved in the production process. Despite that, there is still a lack of comprehensive studies on process integration. Single parameters and process configura...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Novy V,Longus K,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In general, biofuel production involves biomass pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification, followed by the subsequent sugar conversion to biofuel via fermentation. The crucial step in the production of biofuel from biomass is the enzymatic saccharification. Many of the commercial cellulase enzyme cocktails...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Chan CS,Sin LL,Chan KG,Shamsir MS,Manan FA,Sani RK,Goh KM

更新日期：2016-08-22 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:Cellulolytic enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei are widely used for the industrial production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulose. We speculated that intracellular pH during the fermentation process can affect cellulase induction. Results:In this study, two H+-ATPase genes, tre76238 and tre787...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu P,Zhang G,Chen Y,Zhao J,Wang W,Wei D

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coordination of synthesis and assembly of the polymeric components of cell walls is essential for plant growth and development. Given the degree of co-mingling and cross-linking among cell wall components, cellulose organization must be dependent on the organization of other polymers such as lignin. Here we ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu J,Kim JI,Cusumano JC,Chapple C,Venugopalan N,Fischetti RF,Makowski L

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lignocellulosic enzymes of Trichoderma species have received particular attention with regard to biomass conversion to biofuels, but the production cost of these enzymes remains a significant hurdle for their commercial application. In this study, we quantitatively compared the lignocellulolytic enzyme p...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Marx IJ,van Wyk N,Smit S,Jacobson D,Viljoen-Bloom M,Volschenk H

更新日期：2013-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low- and high-affinity glucose transport system is a conserved strategy of microorganism to cope with environmental glucose fluctuation for their growth and competitiveness. In Neurospora crassa, the dual-affinity glucose transport system consists of a low-affinity glucose transporter GLT-1 and two high-affi...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Li J,Liu Q,Li J,Lin L,Li X,Zhang Y,Tian C

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Integration of second-generation (2G) bioethanol production with existing first-generation (1G) production may facilitate commercial production of ethanol from cellulosic material. Since 2G hydrolysates have a low sugar concentration and 1G streams often have to be diluted prior to fermentation, mixing of st...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Erdei B,Hancz D,Galbe M,Zacchi G

更新日期：2013-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solid acid catalyzed inexpensive ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment is promising because of its effectiveness at decreasing biomass recalcitrance to subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis or in situ hydrolysis of carbohydrate oligomers. However, the conventional strategy was limited by the complex non-isothermal proces...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： You T,Shao L,Wang R,Zhang L,Xu F

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) can simultaneously produce bioelectrochemical hydrogen and treat wastewater, they consume considerable energy to overcome the unfavorable thermodynamics, which is not sustainable and economically feasible in practical applications. This study presents a proof-of-conc...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yuan H,Lu Y,Abu-Reesh IM,He Z

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biorefineries, designed for the production of lignocellulose-based chemicals and fuels, are receiving increasing attention from the public, governments, and industries. A major obstacle for biorefineries to advance to commercial scale is the high cost of the enzymes required to derive the fermentable sugars from the f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Novy V,Nielsen F,Seiboth B,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2019-10-08 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:In addition to efficient pentose utilization, high inhibitor tolerance is a key trait required in any organism used for economically viable industrial bioethanol production with lignocellulose biomass. Although recent work has succeeded in establishing efficient xylose fermentation in robust industrial Sacch...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Demeke MM,Dumortier F,Li Y,Broeckx T,Foulquié-Moreno MR,Thevelein JM

更新日期：2013-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Saccharification is the most crucial and cost-intensive process in second generation biofuel production. The deficiency of β-glucosidase in commercial enzyme leads to incomplete biomass hydrolysis. The decomposition of biomass at high temperature environments leads us to isolate thermotolerant microbes with ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Tiwari R,Singh PK,Singh S,Nain PKS,Nain L,Shukla P

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00