Recent development of extremophilic bacteria and their application in biorefinery

D Zhu, WA Adebisi, F Ahmad, S Sethupathy… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The biorefining technology for biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass has
made great progress in the world. However, mobilization of laboratory research toward …

Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for biofuel production

P Majidian, M Tabatabaei, M Zeinolabedini… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microorganisms directly and indirectly contribute to production of diverse biofuels.
Heterotrophic microorganisms are being used for commercial production of biofuels such as …

The Rnf complex is an energy-coupled transhydrogenase essential to reversibly link cellular NADH and ferredoxin pools in the acetogen Acetobacterium woodii

L Westphal, A Wiechmann, J Baker… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Rnf complex is a respiratory enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of reduced ferredoxin
to the reduction of NAD+, and the negative free energy change of this reaction is used to …

Genetic and metabolic engineering challenges of C1-gas fermenting acetogenic chassis organisms

B Bourgade, NP Minton, MA Islam - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Unabated mining and utilisation of petroleum and petroleum resources and their conversion
to essential fuels and chemicals have drastic environmental consequences, contributing to …

Metabolic engineering of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius for polymer-grade lactic acid production at high temperature

J Liu, X Han, F Tao, P Xu - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The production and application of biodegradable polylactic acid are still severely hindered
by the cost of its polymer-grade lactic acid monomers. High-temperature biomanufacturing …

Metabolic engineering for the production of acetoin and 2,3-butanediol at elevated temperature in Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius NCIMB 11955

L Sheng, A Madika, MSH Lau, Y Zhang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The current climate crisis has emphasised the need to achieve global net-zero by 2050, with
countries being urged to set considerable emission reduction targets by 2030. Exploitation …

[HTML][HTML] Towards improved butanol production through targeted genetic modification of Clostridium pasteurianum

KM Schwarz, A Grosse-Honebrink, K Derecka… - Metabolic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Declining fossil fuel reserves, coupled with environmental concerns over their continued
extraction and exploitation have led to strenuous efforts to identify renewable routes to …

Facultative anaerobic conversion of lignocellulose biomass to new bioemulsifier by thermophilic Geobacillus thermodenitrificans NG80-2

M Li, J Yu, L Cao, Y Yin, Z Su, S Chen, G Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy oil has hindered crude oil exploitation and pollution remediation due to its high
density and viscosity. Bioemulsifiers efficiently facilitate the formation and stabilization of oil …

Genetic tools and techniques for recombinant expression in thermophilic Bacillaceae

EB Drejer, S Hakvåg, M Irla, T Brautaset - Microorganisms, 2018 - mdpi.com
Although Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis are the most prominent bacterial hosts for
recombinant protein production by far, additional species are being explored as alternatives …

Characterisation of a 3-hydroxypropionic acid-inducible system from Pseudomonas putida for orthogonal gene expression control in Escherichia coli and Cupriavidus …

EKR Hanko, NP Minton, N Malys - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) is an important platform chemical used as a precursor for
production of added-value compounds such as acrylic acid. Metabolically engineered yeast …