When anaerobes encounter oxygen: mechanisms of oxygen toxicity, tolerance and defence

Z Lu, JA Imlay - Nature reviews microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The defining trait of obligate anaerobes is that oxygen blocks their growth, yet the underlying
mechanisms are unclear. A popular hypothesis was that these microorganisms failed to …

A review on photochemical, biochemical and electrochemical transformation of CO2 into value-added products

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, SJ Varjani… - Journal of CO2 …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO 2), a greenhouse gas is considered to contribute significantly
to climate change and global warming. Environmental changes require to minimize the …

gutSMASH predicts specialized primary metabolic pathways from the human gut microbiota

V Pascal Andreu, HE Augustijn, L Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The gut microbiota produce hundreds of small molecules, many of which modulate host
physiology. Although efforts have been made to identify biosynthetic genes for secondary …

Waste biorefinery models towards sustainable circular bioeconomy: critical review and future perspectives

SV Mohan, GN Nikhil, P Chiranjeevi, CN Reddy… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Increased urbanization worldwide has resulted in a substantial increase in energy and
material consumption as well as anthropogenic waste generation. The main source for our …

Physiological limitations and opportunities in microbial metabolic engineering

J Montaño López, L Duran, JL Avalos - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic engineering can have a pivotal role in increasing the environmental sustainability
of the transportation and chemical manufacturing sectors. The field has already developed …

Potential of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) as a biofuel

Y Li, W Tang, Y Chen, J Liu, FL Chia-fon - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Biobutanol has demonstrated to be a superior alternative biofuel in internal combustion
engine (ICEs). Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation engineering is a typical …

Microbial electron transport and energy conservation–the foundation for optimizing bioelectrochemical systems

F Kracke, I Vassilev, JO Krömer - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use
electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of …

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 …

In vitro prototy** and rapid optimization of biosynthetic enzymes for cell design

AS Karim, QM Dudley, A Juminaga, Y Yuan… - Nature Chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
The design and optimization of biosynthetic pathways for industrially relevant, non-model
organisms is challenging due to transformation idiosyncrasies, reduced numbers of …

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 …