Improved lipid production via fatty acid biosynthesis and free fatty acid recycling in engineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To make lignocellulosic fuel ethanol economically competitive with fossil fuels, it is necessary to reduce the production cost. One way to achieve this is by increasing the substrate concentration in the production process, and thus reduce the energy demand in the final distillation of the fermentation broth...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Hoyer K,Galbe M,Zacchi G

更新日期：2010-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:The impact of hydrothermal flowthrough (FT) pretreatment severity on pretreatment and solubilization performance metrics was evaluated for three milled feedstocks (corn stover, bagasse, and poplar) and two conversion systems (simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using yeast and fungal ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Archambault-Leger V,Shao X,Lynd LR

更新日期：2012-07-19 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:Alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) is one of the technical feasible biofuel technologies. It produces jet fuel from sugary, starchy, and lignocellulosic biomass, such as sugarcane, corn grain, and switchgrass, via fermentation of sugars to ethanol or other alcohols. This study assesses the ATJ biofuel production pathway f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yao G,Staples MD,Malina R,Tyner WE

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) have gained attention for their ability to produce a valuable clean energy source in the form biohydrogen via photofermentation of a wide variety of organic wastes. For maturation of these phototrophic bioprocesses towards commercial feasibility, development of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： du Toit JP,Pott RWM

更新日期：2020-06-09 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：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Recent studies demonstrate that enzymes from the glycosyl hydrolase family 61 (GH61) show lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (PMO) activity. Together with cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) an enzymatic system capable of oxidative cellulose cleavage is formed, which increases the efficiency of cellu...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Kittl R,Kracher D,Burgstaller D,Haltrich D,Ludwig R

更新日期：2012-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent development of improved enzymes and pentose-using yeast for cellulosic ethanol processes calls for new attention to the lignocellulose pretreatment step. This study assessed the influence of pretreatment pH, temperature, and time, and their interactions on the enzymatic glucose and xylose yields f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Pedersen M,Johansen KS,Meyer AS

更新日期：2011-05-13 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:The production of ethanol and other fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic materials is dependent of efficient xylose conversion. Xylose fermentation capacity in yeasts is usually linked to xylose reductase (XR) accepting NADH as cofactor. The XR from Scheffersomyces stipitis, which is able to use NADH as ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Cadete RM,de Las Heras AM,Sandström AG,Ferreira C,Gírio F,Gorwa-Grauslund MF,Rosa CA,Fonseca C

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Plant seed oil is an important bioresource for human food and animal feed, as well as industrial bioproducts. Therefore, increasing oil content in seeds has been one of the primary targets in the breeding programs of oilseed crops. Thraustochytrium is a marine protist that can produce a high level of very lo...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xie X,Meesapyodsuk D,Qiu X

更新日期：2019-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As a renewable carbon source, biomass energy not only helps in resolving the management problems of lignocellulosic wastes, but also helps to alleviate the global climate change by controlling environmental pollution raised by their generation on a large scale. However, the bottleneck problem of extensive pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Li X,Sha J,Xia Y,Sheng K,Liu Y,He Y

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of biofuels is considered as one of the important ways to replace conventional fossil energy and mitigate climate change. However, rapid increase of biofuel production could cause other environmental concerns in China such as water stress. This study is intended to evaluate the life-cycle water f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xie X,Zhang T,Wang L,Huang Z

更新日期：2017-04-18 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: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：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:Molasses is a dense and saline by-product of the sugar agroindustry. Its high organic content potentially fuels a myriad of renewable products of industrial interest. However, the biotechnological exploitation of molasses is mainly hampered by the high concentration of salts, an issue that is nowadays tackle...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Scoma A,Coma M,Kerckhof FM,Boon N,Rabaey K

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-2,3-butanediol has many industrial applications such as chiral reagents, solvents, anti-freeze agents, and low freezing point fuels. Traditional D-2,3-butanediol producing microorganisms, such as Klebsiella pneumonia and K. xoytoca, are pathogenic and not capable of producing D-2,3-butanediol at high optic...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Qi G,Kang Y,Li L,Xiao A,Zhang S,Wen Z,Xu D,Chen S

更新日期：2014-01-29 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:The diverse microbial communities in agricultural biogas fermenters are assumed to be well adapted for the anaerobic transformation of plant biomass to methane. Compared to natural systems, biogas reactors are limited in their hydrolytic potential. The reasons for this are not understood. RESULTS:In this pa...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Güllert S,Fischer MA,Turaev D,Noebauer B,Ilmberger N,Wemheuer B,Alawi M,Rattei T,Daniel R,Schmitz RA,Grundhoff A,Streit WR

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a great deal of interest in fuel productions from lignocellulosic biomass to minimize the conflict between food and fuel use. The bioconversion of xylose, which is the second most abundant sugar present after glucose in lignocellulosic biomass, is important for the development of cost effectiv...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Kurosawa K,Wewetzer SJ,Sinskey AJ

更新日期：2013-09-16 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:The production of biofuels in photosynthetic microalgae and cyanobacteria is a promising alternative to the generation of fuels from fossil resources. To be economically competitive, producer strains need to be established that synthesize the targeted product at high yield and over a long time. Engineering c...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Dienst D,Georg J,Abts T,Jakorew L,Kuchmina E,Börner T,Wilde A,Dühring U,Enke H,Hess WR

更新日期：2014-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Xylan is a major hemicellulosic component in the cell walls of higher plants especially in the secondary walls of vascular cells which are playing important roles in physiological processes and overall mechanical strength. Being the second most abundant cell wall polymer after cellulose, xylan is an abundant...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Peralta AG,Venkatachalam S,Stone SC,Pattathil S

更新日期：2017-11-30 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:Production of valuable metabolites by Yarrowia lipolytica using renewable raw materials is of major interest for sustainable food and energy. Galactose is a monosaccharide found in galactomannans, hemicelluloses, gums, and pectins. RESULTS:Yarrowia lipolytica was found to express all the Leloir pathway gene...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Lazar Z,Gamboa-Meléndez H,Le Coq AM,Neuvéglise C,Nicaud JM

更新日期：2015-11-25 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: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:Triacylglycerols (TAGs) rich in medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs, C10-14 fatty acids) are valuable feedstocks for biofuels and chemicals. Natural sources of TAGs rich in MCFAs are restricted to a limited number of plant species, which are unsuitable for mass agronomic production. Instead, the modification of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xu L,Wang L,Zhou XR,Chen WC,Singh S,Hu Z,Huang FH,Wan X

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria have shown promising potential for the production of various biofuels and chemical feedstocks. Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 is a fast-growing strain with pronounced tolerance to high temperatures and illumination. Hence, this strain appears to be ideal for the development of photosynthetic...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Tan X,Hou S,Song K,Georg J,Klähn S,Lu X,Hess WR

更新日期：2018-08-04 00:00:00