Depolymerization and conversion of lignin to value-added bioproducts by microbial and enzymatic catalysis

C Weng, X Peng, Y Han - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Lignin, the most abundant renewable aromatic compound in nature, is an excellent
feedstock for value-added bioproducts manufacturing; while the intrinsic heterogeneity and …

Process strategies to reduce cellulase enzyme loading for renewable sugar production in biorefineries

CER Reis, NL Junior, HBS Bento… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Second-generation (2G) sugar is the principal building block in biorefineries
producing sustainable fuels, green chemicals, and materials. Its production involves a pre …

Transforming biorefinery designs with 'Plug-In Processes of Lignin'to enable economic waste valorization

ZH Liu, N Hao, YY Wang, C Dou, F Lin, R Shen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological lignin valorization has emerged as a major solution for sustainable and cost-
effective biorefineries. However, current biorefineries yield lignin with inadequate …

Coupling the post-extraction process to remove residual lignin and alter the recalcitrant structures for improving the enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated bamboo …

C Huang, W Lin, C Lai, X Li, Y **, Q Yong - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a mild and facile post-extraction using different reagents was evaluated to
overcome these recalcitrance for improving the enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated …

Insight into progress in pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass

AW Bhutto, K Qureshi, K Harijan, R Abro, T Abbas… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Cost effective pretreatment is key to commercial success of use of lignocellulosic material
(LCM) as feedstock for production of bioethanol. The seasonal nature and annual variability …

Recent advances in lignin valorization with bacterial cultures: microorganisms, metabolic pathways, and bio-products

Z Xu, P Lei, R Zhai, Z Wen, M ** - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019 - Springer
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic substrate on Earth and its valorization technologies
are still under developed. Depolymerization and fragmentation are the predominant …

Research progress in lignin‐based slow/controlled release fertilizer

J Chen, X Fan, L Zhang, X Chen, S Sun… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a skeleton component of plants, lignin is an organic macromolecule polymer that can be
regenerated and naturally degraded. Annually, plant growth produces about 150 billion tons …

Ionic liquids: Promising compounds for sustainable chemical processes and applications

N Nasirpour, M Mohammadpourfard… - … Engineering Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of ionic liquids (IL) in 1914, there has been a growing interest in this
class of materials, because of their unique properties. Ionic liquids are organic salts, melting …

From lignin association to nano-/micro-particle preparation: extracting higher value of lignin

W Zhao, B Simmons, S Singh, A Ragauskas… - Green …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
As the most abundant source of renewable aromatic compounds on the planet, lignin is
gaining growing interest in replacing petroleum-based chemicals and products. Value …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for second-generation ethanol production: from academic exploration to industrial implementation

MLA Jansen, JM Bracher, I Papapetridis… - FEMS yeast …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The recent start-up of several full-scale 'second generation'ethanol plants marks a major
milestone in the development of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for fermentation of …