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 …

Circular economy aspects of lignin: towards a lignocellulose biorefinery

VK Garlapati, AK Chandel, SPJ Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant polymer, which comprises15-30%(dry weight) of total
lignocellulosic biomass. Recent studies focused on the effective utilization of lignin …

Lignocellulosic biomass based biorefinery: A successful platform towards circular bioeconomy

JR Banu, S Kavitha, VK Tyagi, M Gunasekaran… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Biorefining of second-generation feedstock gains more attention to improve the living
standards and promote circular bioeconomy. The biorefinery concept made an effort to make …

[HTML][HTML] A field of dreams: Lignin valorization into chemicals, materials, fuels, and health-care products

J Becker, C Wittmann - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth and is readily produced as
a sidestream during biomass fractioning. So far, these large quantities of lignin have been …

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 …

Valorization of industrial lignin to value-added chemicals by chemical depolymerization and biological conversion

LT Nguyen, DP Phan, A Sarwar, MH Tran… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignin is a renewable aromatic resource and the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on
Earth. As a byproduct of paper pul**, more than 50 million tons of waste lignin is …

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 …

Microbial lignin valorization through depolymerization to aromatics conversion

F Li, Y Zhao, L Xue, F Ma, SY Dai, S **e - Trends in biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin is the most abundant source of renewable aromatic biopolymers and its valorization
presents significant value for biorefinery sustainability, which promotes the utilization of …

Biological degradation of lignin: A critical review on progress and perspectives

L Zhao, J Zhang, D Zhao, L Jia, B Qin, X Cao… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the second most abundant biopolymer on earth after cellulose, lignin is considered to be
an alternative source of various polymers and biomaterials since it can be cleaved into a …

Microbial valorization of lignin: prospects and challenges

R Reshmy, PA Balakumaran, K Divakar, E Philip… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is the world's second most prevalent biomaterial, but its effective value-added product
valorization methods are still being developed. The most common preparation processes for …