Emerging technologies in algal biotechnology: toward the establishment of a sustainable, algae-based bioeconomy

M Fabris, RM Abbriano, M Pernice… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mankind has recognized the value of land plants as renewable sources of food, medicine,
and materials for millennia. Throughout human history, agricultural methods were …

Cell wall hemicellulose for sustainable industrial utilization

MF Qaseem, H Shaheen, AM Wu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite a steady decline in fossil resources in past few decades, demand for petroleum-
based chemicals and polymers has increased sharply. As the dead end of the petroleum …

Valorisation of xylose to renewable fuels and chemicals, an essential step in augmenting the commercial viability of lignocellulosic biorefineries

V Narisetty, R Cox, R Bommareddy… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Biologists and engineers are making tremendous efforts in contributing to a sustainable and
green society. To that end, there is growing interest in waste management and valorisation …

The reactive pyruvate metabolite dimethylglyoxal mediates neurological consequences of diabetes

S Rhein, R Costalunga, J Inderhees, T Gürtzgen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Complications of diabetes are often attributed to glucose and reactive dicarbonyl
metabolites derived from glycolysis or gluconeogenesis, such as methylglyoxal. However, in …

Mechanism of microbial production of acetoin and 2, 3-butanediol optical isomers and substrate specificity of butanediol dehydrogenase

Y Li, X Zhao, M Yao, W Yang, Y Han, L Liu… - Microbial Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Hydroxybutanone (Acetoin, AC) and 2, 3-butanediol (BD) are two essential four-carbon
platform compounds with numerous pharmaceutical and chemical synthesis applications …

Bioprocess development of 2, 3-butanediol production using agro-industrial residues

SH Hazeena, NJ Shurpali, H Siljanen… - Bioprocess and …, 2022 - Springer
The valorization of agricultural and industrial wastes for fuel and chemical production
benefits environmental sustainability. 2, 3-Butanediol (2, 3-BDO) is a value-added platform …

Microbial conversion of xylose into useful bioproducts

SS Jagtap, CV Rao - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Microorganisms can produce a number of different bioproducts from the sugars in plant
biomass. One challenge is devising processes that utilize all of the sugars in lignocellulosic …

Recent advances in microbial biosynthesis of C3–C5 diols: genetics and process engineering approaches

N Vivek, SH Hazeena, MP Alphy, V Kumar… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diols derived from renewable feedstocks have significant commercial interest in polymer,
pharmaceutical, cosmetics, flavors and fragrances, food and feed industries. In C3-C5 diols …

Biomass-derived 2, 3-butanediol and its application in biofuels production

Y Bai, H Feng, N Liu, X Zhao - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
2, 3-butanediol (2, 3-BDO) is an important biomass-derived platform chemical with various
applications. Currently, the biological conversion of renewable carbon sources with bacteria …

Enhanced production of 2, 3-butanediol from xylose by combinatorial engineering of xylose metabolic pathway and cofactor regeneration in pyruvate decarboxylase …

SJ Kim, HJ Sim, JW Kim, YG Lee, YC Park… - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to produce 2, 3-butanediol (2, 3-BDO) from xylose efficiently by
modulation of the xylose metabolic pathway in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae …