The primary transcriptome of the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973.

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: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:Butanol is not only an important solvent and chemical intermediate in food and pharmaceutical industries, but also considered as an advanced biofuel. Recently, there have been resurging interests in producing biobutanol especially using low-cost lignocellulosic biomass, but the process still suffers from low...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xue C,Wang Z,Wang S,Zhang X,Chen L,Mu Y,Bai F

更新日期：2016-07-19 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: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：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:The extremely thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor lactoaceticus can degrade and metabolize untreated lignocellulosic biomass containing xylan. The mechanism of the bacterium for degradation of insoluble xylan in untreated biomass has not been revealed. Results:In the present study, the only annotate...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Jia X,Han Y

更新日期：2019-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The design of photobioreactor (PBR) for outdoor mass cultivation of microalgae determines the distribution of solar irradiance among cells in the culture, mode of agitation, mass transfer efficacy, and energy consumption, thus determines the productivity of the system and the cost of production. In this stud...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Huang JJ,Bunjamin G,Teo ES,Ng DB,Lee YK

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:P450 fatty acid decarboxylases represented by the unusual CYP152 peroxygenase family member OleTJE have been receiving great attention recently since these P450 enzymes are able to catalyze the simple and direct production of 1-alkenes for potential applications in biofuels and biomaterials. To gain more mec...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xu H,Ning L,Yang W,Fang B,Wang C,Wang Y,Xu J,Collin S,Laeuffer F,Fourage L,Li S

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:n-Butyraldehyde is a high-production volume chemical produced exclusively from hydroformylation of propylene. It is a versatile chemical used in the synthesis of diverse C4-C8 alcohols, carboxylic acids, esters, and amines. Its high demand and broad applications make it an ideal chemical to be produced from ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ku JT,Simanjuntak W,Lan EI

更新日期：2017-12-04 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:Nitrogen limitation can induce neutral lipid accumulation in microalgae, as well as inhibiting their growth. Therefore, to obtain cultures with both high biomass and high lipid contents, and explore the lipid accumulation mechanisms, we implemented nitrogen deprivation in a model diatom Phaeodactylum tricorn...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yang ZK,Niu YF,Ma YH,Xue J,Zhang MH,Yang WD,Liu JS,Lu SH,Guan Y,Li HY

更新日期：2013-05-04 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: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: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:Wheat straw used for bioethanol production varies in enzymatic digestibility according to chemical structure and composition of cell walls and tissues. In this work, the two biologically different wheat straw organs, leaves and stems, are described together with the effects of hydrothermal pretreatment on ch...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Hansen MA,Hidayat BJ,Mogensen KK,Jeppesen MD,Jørgensen B,Johansen KS,Thygesen LG

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Current EU directives demand increased use of renewable fuels in the transportation sector but restrict governmental support for production of biofuels produced from crops. The use of intercropped lucerne and wheat may comply with the directives. In the current study, the combination of ensiled lucerne (Medi...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Byrne E,Kovacs K,van Niel EWJ,Willquist K,Svensson SE,Kreuger E

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalgae accumulate a considerable amount of lipids and carbohydrate under nutrient-deficient conditions, which makes them one of the promising sustainable resources for biofuel production. In the present study, to obtain the biomass with higher lipid and carbohydrate contents, we implemented a short-term ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Chokshi K,Pancha I,Ghosh A,Mishra S

更新日期：2017-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Trichoderma reesei is a saprophytic fungus implicated in the degradation of polysaccharides present in the cell wall of plants. T. reesei has been recognized as the most important industrial fungus that secretes and produces cellulase enzymes that are employed in the production of second generation bioethano...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Nogueira KMV,de Paula RG,Antoniêto ACC,Dos Reis TF,Carraro CB,Silva AC,Almeida F,Rechia CGV,Goldman GH,Silva RN

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:For bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass, phenolics derived from pretreatment have been generally considered as highly inhibitory towards enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. As phenolics are produced from lignin degradation during pretreatment, it is likely that the pretreatment will exert a...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Chen X,Zhai R,Li Y,Yuan X,Liu ZH,Jin M

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The productivity of an algal culture depends on how efficiently it converts sunlight into biomass and lipids. Wild-type algae in their natural environment evolved to compete for light energy and maximize individual cell growth; however, in a photobioreactor, global productivity should be maximized. Improving...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Perin G,Bellan A,Segalla A,Meneghesso A,Alboresi A,Morosinotto T

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have demonstrated that microalga has been widely regarded as one of the most promising raw materials of biofuels. However, lack of an economical, efficient and convenient method to harvest microalgae is a bottleneck to boost their full-scale application. Many methods of harvesting microalgae, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu J,Zhu Y,Tao Y,Zhang Y,Li A,Li T,Sang M,Zhang C

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm-season C4 grass that is a target lignocellulosic biofuel species. In many regions, drought stress is one of the major limiting factors for switchgrass growth. The objective of this study was to evaluate the drought tolerance of 49 switchgrass genotypes. The relativ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu Y,Zhang X,Tran H,Shan L,Kim J,Childs K,Ervin EH,Frazier T,Zhao B

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:α-l-Arabinofuranosidase (ARA), a debranching enzyme that can remove arabinose substituents from arabinoxylan and arabinoxylooligomers (AXOS), promotes the hydrolysis of the arabinoxylan fraction of biomass; however, the impact of ARA on the overall digestibility of cellulose is controversial. In this study, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xin D,Chen X,Wen P,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbial synthesis of oleochemicals derived from native fatty acid (FA) metabolism has presented significant advances in recent years. Even so, native FA biosynthetic pathways often provide a narrow variety of usually linear hydrocarbons, thus yielding end products with limited structural diversity. To over...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Menendez-Bravo S,Roulet J,Sabatini M,Comba S,Dunn R,Gramajo H,Arabolaza A

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As an Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA oncogene, T-6b induces the development of tumors and the enation syndrome in vegetative tissues of transgenic plants. Most of these effects are related to increases in soluble sugar contents. To verify the potential roles of T-6b in the distribution of carbon in developi...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Jin Y,Hu J,Liu X,Ruan Y,Sun C,Liu C

更新日期：2017-01-21 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: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: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:Mass transfer plays an important role in determining the efficiency of the biofuel conversion. However, adverse effect of shear stress from traditional agitation inhibits the cell growth and production of biofuels. How to enhance the mass transfer with less adverse effect is considered as one of the importan...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xia ML,Wang L,Yang ZX,Chen HZ

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00