Special Issue "Microbes for Production of Biofuels and Bio-Products"

Birgitte Kiær Ahring (Redaktør), Mette Lübeck (Redaktør)

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Abstract

Biofuels and Bio-products have gained increased interest during the last two decades as a way to mitigate the negative influence on the environment of the increased use of fossil fuels for transportation, chemicals, and materials. Transformation away from oil and into the use of ligno-cellulosic biomass and waste materials for production of biofuels such as alcohols and hydrocarbons or chemicals such as carboxylic acids and solvents will often involve the use of specific microbial strains. Some of these microbes possesses the ability to produce enzymes of value during the upfront thermo-chemical decomposing of the biomass materials into C6 and C5 sugars; other microorganisms specialize in converting these sugars or the lignin degradation products into target bio-products. Significant effort has been further been invested in engineering the metabolic pathways, especially in well-known microbial workhorses such as E. coli, Baker’s yeast, and Aspergillus fungal strains, to create improved biocatalysts with high titer and yield enhancing the economics of biofuels/bio-products production. Generally, microbial production is done by growing the target microbe in a bioreactor. Microorganisms in nature will, however, often live and function in consortia and the idea of mixed cultures for production of biofuels and bio- products have increased in interest over the last few years.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
ForlagMDPI
StatusUdgivet - 31 jan. 2022
NavnMicroorganisms
NummerSpecial Issue
Vol/bindSection "Microbial Biotechnology"
ISSN2076-2607

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