Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) is an innovative approach for the generation of evolved
microbial strains with desired characteristics, by implementing the rules of natural selection …

This review aims to provide a holistic synopsis of the current state of the art knowledge on
caproic acid production via anaerobic fermentation from the perspectives of microbes and …

Muconic acid (MA) is a bio-based platform chemical that can be converted into the
commodity petrochemical building blocks adipic acid or terephthalic acid, or used in …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a workhorse of industrial biotechnology owing to the
organism's prominence in alcohol fermentation and the suite of sophisticated genetic tools …

Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) of acetate is a process using electrical energy to reduce
CO2 to acetic acid in an integrated bioelectrochemical system. MES powered by excess …

Environmental pressures caused by population growth and consumerism require the
development of resource recovery from waste, hence a circular economy approach. The …

Carboxylic acids are an attractive biorenewable chemical. However, like many other
fermentatively produced compounds, they are inhibitory to the biocatalyst. An understanding …

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are intermediates of anaerobic digestion with high value and wide
range of usage. Co-digestion of sewage sludge and external organic waste (OW) for VFA …

Toxicity from the external presence or internal production of compounds can reduce the
growth and viability of microbial cell factories and compromise productivity. Aromatic …

Improving the growth phenotypes of microbes in high product concentrations is an essential
design objective in the development of robust cell factories. However, the limited knowledge …