Vishnu Prasad, J. Sahoo, Tridweep K. Naveen, S. Jayaraman, Guhan
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundSimultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of pre-treated lignocellulosics to biofuels and other platform chemicals has long been a promising alternative to separate hydrolysis and fermentation processes. However, the disparity between the optimum conditions (temperature, pH) for fermentation and enzyme hydrolysis leads to execu...
Zhang, Xueqin Rabiee, Hesamoddin Frank, Joshua Cai, Chen Stark, Terra Virdis, Bernardino Yuan, Zhiguo Hu, Shihu
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundBioelectrochemical methane oxidation catalysed by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) is constrained by limited methane bioavailability as well as by slow kinetics of extracellular electron transfer (EET) of ANME. In this study, we tested a combination of two strategies to improve the performance of methane-driven bioelectrochemical s...
Hu, Fan Clevenger, April L. Zheng, Peng Huang, Qiongye Wang, Zhaokai
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundSchizochytrium species are known for their abundant production of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Low temperatures can promote the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in many species. This study investigates low-temperature effects on DHA biosynthesis in Schizochytrium sp. TIO01 and its underlying mechanism.ResultsThe Schizoch...
Chen, Peilin Chen, Jing Sun, Min Yan, Haidong Feng, Guangyan Wu, Bingchao Zhang, Xinquan Wang, Xiaoshan Huang, Linkai
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundNewly formed polyploids may experience short-term adaptative changes in their genome that may enhance the resistance of plants to stress. Considering the increasingly serious effects of drought on biofuel plants, whole genome duplication (WGD) may be an efficient way to proceed with drought resistant breeding. However, the molecular mecha...
Satinover, Scott J. Rodriguez, Miguel Jr. Campa, Maria F. Hazen, Terry C. Borole, Abhijeet P.
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundMicrobial electrolysis is a promising technology for converting aqueous wastes into hydrogen. However, substrate adaptability is an important feature, seldom documented in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs). In addition, the correlation between substrate composition and community structure has not been well established. This study used a...
Gabriel, Raphael Prinz, Julia Jecmenica, Marina Romero-Vazquez, Carlos Chou, Pallas Harth, Simon Floerl, Lena Curran, Laure Oostlander, Anne Matz, Linda
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundFungal enzymes are vital for industrial biotechnology, including the conversion of plant biomass to biofuels and bio-based chemicals. In recent years, there is increasing interest in using enzymes from thermophilic fungi, which often have higher reaction rates and thermal tolerance compared to currently used fungal enzymes. The thermophil...
Bu, Xiao Lin, Jing-Yuan Cheng, Jing Yang, Dong Duan, Chang-Qing Koffas, Mattheos Yan, Guo-Liang
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundProduct toxicity is one of the bottlenecks for microbial production of biofuels, and transporter-mediated biofuel secretion offers a promising strategy to solve this problem. As a robust microbial host for industrial-scale production of biofuels, Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a powerful transport system to export a wide range of toxic...
Xu, Guochao Li, Hao Xing, Wanru Gong, Lei Dong, Jinjun Ni, Ye
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundBiobutanol is promising and renewable alternative to traditional fossil fuels and could be produced by Clostridium species from lignocellulosic biomass. However, biomass is recalcitrant to be hydrolyzed into fermentable sugars attributed to the densely packed structure by layers of lignin. Development of pretreatment reagents and processe...
Nguyen, Duong T. Gomez, Leonardo D. Harper, Andrea Halpin, Claire Waugh, Robbie Simister, Rachael Whitehead, Caragh Oakey, Helena Nguyen, Huong T. Nguyen, Tuat V.
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Biotechnology for Biofuels
BackgroundThe conversion of lignocellulosic biomass from agricultural waste into biofuels and chemicals is considered a promising way to provide sustainable low carbon products without compromising food security. However, the use of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel and chemical production is limited by the cost-effectiveness of the production pr...
Tokunaga, Yuki Nagata, Takashi Kondo, Keiko Katahira, Masato Watanabe, Takashi
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BackgroundHighly efficient enzymatic saccharification of pretreated lignocellulose is a key step in achieving lignocellulosic biorefinery. Cellobiohydrolase I (Cel7A) secreted by Trichoderma reesei is an industrially used cellulase that possesses carbohydrate-binding module 1 (TrCBM1) at the C-terminal domain. The nonproductive binding of TrCBM1 to...
