Understanding the structural characteristics of water-soluble phenolic compounds from four pretreatments of corn stover and their inhibitory effects on enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation.

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：Background:Microalgae are efficient producers of lipid-rich biomass, making them a key component in developing a sustainable energy source, and an alternative to fossil fuels. Chlorella species are of special interest because of their fast growth rate in photobioreactors. However, biological constraints still cast a si...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Dall'Osto L,Cazzaniga S,Guardini Z,Barera S,Benedetti M,Mannino G,Maffei ME,Bassi R

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most promising technologies to sustainably produce energy and to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from combustion of fossil energy carriers is the anaerobic digestion and biomethanation of organic raw material and waste towards biogas by highly diverse microbial consortia. In this context, the mi...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Maus I,Koeck DE,Cibis KG,Hahnke S,Kim YS,Langer T,Kreubel J,Erhard M,Bremges A,Off S,Stolze Y,Jaenicke S,Goesmann A,Sczyrba A,Scherer P,König H,Schwarz WH,Zverlov VV,Liebl W,Pühler A,Schlüter A,Klocke M

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contamination of corn mash by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) reduces the efficiency of the ethanol fermentation process. The industry relies heavily on antibiotics for contamination control and there is a need to develop alternative methods. The goals of this study were to determine the diversity and abundance o...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu M,Bischoff KM,Gill JJ,Mire-Criscione MD,Berry JD,Young R,Summer EJ

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Populus (poplar) tree species including hybrid varieties are considered as promising biomass feedstock for biofuels and biochemicals production due to their fast growing, short vegetative cycle, and widely distribution. In this work, poplar was pretreated with acetic acid (AC) to produce xylooligosaccharides...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Wen P,Zhang T,Wang J,Lian Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-04-15 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：:Editorial introduction to the thematic series on the life and lifework of Mary Mandels. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Bayer EA

更新日期：2009-09-01 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

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:Rut-C30 is a cellulase-hyperproducing Trichoderma reesei strain and, consequently, became the ancestor of most industry strains used in the production of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, in particular cellulases. Due to three rounds of undirected mutagenesis its genetic background differs from the wild-typ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Mello-de-Sousa TM,Gorsche R,Rassinger A,Poças-Fonseca MJ,Mach RL,Mach-Aigner AR

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:l-Fucose is a rare sugar with potential uses in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. The enzymatic approach using l-fucose isomerase, which interconverts l-fucose and l-fuculose, can be an efficient way of producing l-fucose for industrial applications. Here, we performed biochemical and struct...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Kim IJ,Kim DH,Nam KH,Kim KH

更新日期：2019-12-05 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: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: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: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：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Acetoin is an important bio-based platform chemical. However, it is usually existed as a minor byproduct of 2,3-butanediol fermentation in bacteria. RESULTS:The present study reports introducing an exogenous NAD+ regeneration sysytem into a 2,3-butanediol producing strain Klebsiella pneumoniae ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ji XJ,Xia ZF,Fu NH,Nie ZK,Shen MQ,Tian QQ,Huang H

更新日期：2013-01-25 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:Countercurrent saccharification is a promising way to minimize enzyme loading while obtaining high conversions and product concentrations. However, in countercurrent saccharification experiments, 3-4 months are usually required to acquire a single steady-state data point. To save labor and time, simulation o...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liang C,Gu C,Karim MN,Holtzapple M

更新日期：2019-07-11 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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inefficient carbohydrate conversion has been an unsolved problem for various lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment technologies, including AFEX, dilute acid, and ionic liquid pretreatments. Previous work has shown 22% of total carbohydrates are typically unconverted, remaining as soluble or insoluble oligomer...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Gunawan C,Xue S,Pattathil S,da Costa Sousa L,Dale BE,Balan V

更新日期：2017-03-29 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:Starch is one of the most abundant organic polysaccharides available for the production of bio-ethanol as an alternative transport fuel. Cost-effective utilisation of starch requires consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) where a single microorganism can produce the enzymes required for hydrolysis of starch, and a...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Viktor MJ,Rose SH,van Zyl WH,Viljoen-Bloom M

更新日期：2013-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoside hydrolases are important for various industrial and scientific applications. Determination of their temperature as well as pH optima and range is crucial to evaluate whether an enzyme is suitable for application in a biotechnological process. These basic characteristics of enzymes are generally det...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Herlet J,Kornberger P,Roessler B,Glanz J,Schwarz WH,Liebl W,Zverlov VV

更新日期：2017-10-11 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:Icariside D2 is a plant-derived natural glycoside with pharmacological activities of inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme and killing leukemia cancer cells. Production of icariside D2 by plant extraction and chemical synthesis is inefficient and environmentally unfriendly. Microbial cell factory offers a...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu X,Li L,Liu J,Qiao J,Zhao GR

更新日期：2019-11-06 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:The model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii requires acetate as a co-substrate for optimal production of lipids, and the addition of acetate to culture media has practical and economic implications for algal biofuel production. Here we demonstrate the growth of C. reinhardtii on acetate provided by mutant strai...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Therien JB,Zadvornyy OA,Posewitz MC,Bryant DA,Peters JW

更新日期：2014-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brown algae are promising feedstocks for biofuel production with inherent advantages of no structural lignin, high growth rate, and no competition for land and fresh water. However, it is difficult for one microorganism to convert all components of brown algae with different oxidoreduction potentials to etha...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ji SQ,Wang B,Lu M,Li FL

更新日期：2016-04-01 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