Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Industrial biomanufacturing: the future of chemical production

JM Clomburg, AM Crumbley, R Gonzalez - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Environmental, geopolitical, and economic factors are resha** our view
of global energy and manufacturing demands. Addressing these challenges may require a …

Recent advances in microbial CO2 fixation and conversion to value-added products

H Salehizadeh, N Yan, R Farnood - Chemical engineering journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing CO 2 levels in atmosphere has led to the unprecedented climate change in
recent years. Conventional methods for CO 2 capture are often cost inefficient, unsafe and …

Step** on the gas to a circular economy: accelerating development of carbon-negative chemical production from gas fermentation

N Fackler, BD Heijstra, BJ Rasor… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Owing to rising levels of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and oceans, climate change
poses significant environmental, economic, and social challenges globally. Technologies …

Autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life: a model for energy conservation in acetogenic bacteria

K Schuchmann, V Müller - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Life on earth evolved in the absence of oxygen with inorganic gases as potential sources of
carbon and energy. Among the alternative mechanisms for carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation in …

Gas fermentation—a flexible platform for commercial scale production of low-carbon-fuels and chemicals from waste and renewable feedstocks

FM Liew, ME Martin, RC Tappel, BD Heijstra… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
There is an immediate need to drastically reduce the emissions associated with global fossil
fuel consumption in order to limit climate change. However, carbon-based materials …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic engineering of Clostridium autoethanogenum for selective alcohol production

F Liew, AM Henstra, M Kӧpke, K Winzer… - Metabolic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Gas fermentation using acetogenic bacteria such as Clostridium autoethanogenum offers an
attractive route for production of fuel ethanol from industrial waste gases. Acetate reduction …

Electrobiocommodities: powering microbial production of fuels and commodity chemicals from carbon dioxide with electricity

DR Lovley, KP Nevin - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2013 - Elsevier
Electricity can be an energy source for microbially catalyzed production of fuels and other
organic commodities from carbon dioxide. These electrobiocommodities (E-BCs) can be …

Microbial nanowires for bioenergy applications

NS Malvankar, DR Lovley - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Metal-like conductivity of nanowires is a novel concept in bio-electron
transport.•Microbial nanowires play a role in multiple forms of extracellular electron …

Bacterial anaerobic synthesis gas (syngas) and CO2+ H2 fermentation

FR Bengelsdorf, MH Beck, C Erz, S Hoffmeister… - Advances in applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic bacterial gas fermentation gains broad interest in various scientific, social, and
industrial fields. This microbial process is carried out by a specific group of bacterial strains …