Common principles and best practices for engineering microbiomes

CE Lawson, WR Harcombe, R Hatzenpichler… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Despite broad scientific interest in harnessing the power of Earth's microbiomes, knowledge
gaps hinder their efficient use for addressing urgent societal and environmental challenges …

Rumen microbes, enzymes, metabolisms, and application in lignocellulosic waste conversion-A comprehensive review

J Liang, R Zhang, J Chang, L Chen, M Nabi… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rumen of ruminants is a natural anaerobic fermentation system that efficiently degrades
lignocellulosic biomass and mainly depends on synergistic interactions between multiple …

Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production: Recent advances and future prospects

S Singh, A Kumar, N Sivakumar, JP Verma - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The total annual emission due to fossil fuel and agro waste stubble burning is 36.73
teragrams CO 2 equivalent. Many international organizations focus on alternative energy …

Microbial communities and their enzymes facilitate degradation of recalcitrant polymers in anaerobic digestion

EM Blair, KL Dickson, MA O'Malley - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microbial consortia are tools to break down recalcitrant carbon sources.•Several
carbohydrate active enzymes are known to hydrolyze biomass.•Emerging techniques are …

The anaerobic fungi: challenges and opportunities for industrial lignocellulosic biofuel production

LMG Saye, TA Navaratna, JPJ Chong, MA O'Malley… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulose is a promising feedstock for biofuel production as a renewable, carbohydrate-
rich and globally abundant source of biomass. However, challenges faced include …

Top-down enrichment guides in formation of synthetic microbial consortia for biomass degradation

SP Gilmore, TS Lankiewicz, SE Wilken… - ACS synthetic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Consortium-based approaches are a promising avenue toward efficient bioprocessing.
However, many complex microbial interactions dictate community dynamics and stability that …

A comprehensive review on anaerobic fungi applications in biofuels production

HKS Panahi, M Dehhaghi, GJ Guillemin… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) are promising lignocellulose-degrading
microorganisms that can be exploited by the biofuel industry. While natural production of …

Enhancing biogas generation from lignocellulosic biomass through biological pretreatment: Exploring the role of ruminant microbes and anaerobic fungi

R Tamilselvan, AI Selwynraj - Anaerobe, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Biogas production from Lignocellulosic Biomass (LB) via anaerobic digestion (AD)
has gained attention for its potential in self-sustainability. However, the recalcitrance of LB …

Interactions between anaerobic fungi and methanogens in the rumen and their biotechnological potential in biogas production from lignocellulosic materials

Y Li, Z Meng, Y Xu, Q Shi, Y Ma, M Aung, Y Cheng… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic fungi in the digestive tract of herbivores are one of the critical types of fiber-
degrading microorganisms present in the rumen. They degrade lignocellulosic materials …

Ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass by co-fermentation with Pecoramyces sp. F1 and Zymomonas mobilis ATCC 31821 in an integrated process

Y Li, Y Xu, Y Xue, S Yang, Y Cheng, W Zhu - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel, integrated process for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass is
reported which involves simultaneous pretreatment, saccharification and fermentation using …