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  1. Butanol is currently one of the most discussed biofuels. Its use provides many benefits in comparison to bio-ethanol, but the price of its fermentative production is still high. Genetic improvements could help...

    Authors: Jan Kolek, Karel Sedlar, Ivo Provaznik and Petra Patakova
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:14
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  2. Enzymes degrading plant biomass polymers are widely used in biotechnological applications. Their efficiency can be limited by non-specific interactions occurring with some chemical motifs. In particular, the l...

    Authors: Monica Fong, Jean-Guy Berrin and Gabriel Paës
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:12
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  4. Production of biofuels from microalgae has been recognized to be a promising route for a sustainable energy supply. However, the microalgae harvesting process is a bottleneck for industrialization because it i...

    Authors: Yoshiaki Maeda, Takuma Tateishi, Yuta Niwa, Masaki Muto, Tomoko Yoshino, David Kisailus and Tsuyoshi Tanaka
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:10
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  5. Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising source of renewable biofuels. However, pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass generates fermentation inhibitors that adversely affect the growth of industrial microorgan...

    Authors: Yingying Chen, Jiayuan Sheng, Tao Jiang, Joseph Stevens, Xueyang Feng and Na Wei
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:9
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  6. Feedstock recalcitrance is the most important barrier impeding cost-effective production of cellulosic biofuels. Pioneer commercial cellulosic ethanol facilities employ thermochemical pretreatment and additio...

    Authors: Julie M. D. Paye, Anna Guseva, Sarah K. Hammer, Erica Gjersing, Mark F. Davis, Brian H. Davison, Jessica Olstad, Bryon S. Donohoe, Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles E. Wyman, Sivakumar Pattathil, Michael G. Hahn and Lee R. Lynd
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:8
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  7. The valorization of biomass for chemicals and fuels requires efficient pretreatment. One effective strategy involves the pretreatment with ionic liquids which enables enzymatic saccharification of wood within ...

    Authors: Jörn Viell, Hideyo Inouye, Noemi K. Szekely, Henrich Frielinghaus, Caroline Marks, Yumei Wang, Nico Anders, Antje C. Spiess and Lee Makowski
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:7
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  8. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is one of the most important cereal crops globally and a potential energy plant for biofuel production. In order to explore genetic gain for a range of important quantitative traits, suc...

    Authors: Hong Luo, Wenming Zhao, Yanqing Wang, Yan Xia, Xiaoyuan Wu, Limin Zhang, Bixia Tang, Junwei Zhu, Lu Fang, Zhenglin Du, Wubishet A. Bekele, Shuaishuai Tai, David R. Jordan, Ian D. Godwin, Rod J. Snowdon, Emma S. Mace…
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:6
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:37

  9. Acetic acid is one of the major inhibitors in lignocellulose hydrolysates used for the production of second-generation bioethanol. Although several genes have been identified in laboratory yeast strains that a...

    Authors: Jean-Paul Meijnen, Paola Randazzo, María R. Foulquié-Moreno, Joost van den Brink, Paul Vandecruys, Marija Stojiljkovic, Françoise Dumortier, Polona Zalar, Teun Boekhout, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Janez Kokošar, Miha Štajdohar, Tomaž Curk, Uroš Petrovič and Johan M. Thevelein
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:5
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  10. Clostridium acetobutylicum represents a paradigm chassis for the industrial production of the biofuel biobutanol and a focus for metabolic engineering. We have previously developed pro...

    Authors: Muhammad Ehsaan, Wouter Kuit, Ying Zhang, Stephen T. Cartman, John T. Heap, Klaus Winzer and Nigel P. Minton
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:4
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  12. Lignocellulosic biomass from softwood represents a valuable resource for the production of biofuels and bio-based materials as alternatives to traditional pulp and paper products. Hemicelluloses constitute an ...

    Authors: Lauren S. McKee, Hampus Sunner, George E. Anasontzis, Guillermo Toriz, Paul Gatenholm, Vincent Bulone, Francisco Vilaplana and Lisbeth Olsson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:2
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  13. Integration of first- and second-generation ethanol production can facilitate the introduction of second-generation lignocellulosic ethanol production. Consolidation of the second-generation with the first-gen...

    Authors: Elisabeth Joelsson, Borbála Erdei, Mats Galbe and Ola Wallberg
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2016 9:1
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  14. Biologically produced alkanes can be used as ‘drop in’ to existing transportation infrastructure as alkanes are important components of gasoline and jet fuels. Despite the reported microbial production of alka...

    Authors: Hua Ling, Nina Kurniasih Pratomo Juwono, Wei Suong Teo, Ruirui Liu, Susanna Su Jan Leong and Matthew Wook Chang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:231
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  15. The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei (anamorph of Hypocrea jecorina) produces increased cellulase expression when grown on cellulose or its derivatives as a sole carbon source. It has been believed that β-gl...

    Authors: Yosuke Shida, Kaori Yamaguchi, Mikiko Nitta, Ayana Nakamura, Machiko Takahashi, Shun-ichi Kidokoro, Kazuki Mori, Kosuke Tashiro, Satoru Kuhara, Tomohiko Matsuzawa, Katsuro Yaoi, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Nobutada Tanaka, Yasushi Morikawa and Wataru Ogasawara
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:230
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  16. Fatty acid composition is an important physiological parameter of microalgae, which is taken as the third generation alternative resource of biodiesel. To boost microalgal research and applications, a convenie...

    Authors: Jiao Liu, Yadong Chu, Xupeng Cao, Yuchao Zhao, Hua Xie and Song Xue
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:229
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  17. Substrate accessibility to catalysts has been a dominant theme in theories of biomass deconstruction. However, current methods of quantifying accessibility do not elucidate mechanisms for increased accessibili...

    Authors: Jacob D. Hinkle, Peter N. Ciesielski, Kenny Gruchalla, Kristin R. Munch and Bryon S. Donohoe
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:212
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  18. Lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive renewable resource for future liquid transport fuel. Efficient and cost-effective production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass depends on the development of a ...

    Authors: Seung Gon Wi, Eun Jin Cho, Dae-Seok Lee, Soo Jung Lee, Young Ju Lee and Hyeun-Jong Bae
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:228
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  19. Biodiesel production results in crude glycerol waste from the transesterification of fatty acids (10 % w/w). The solventogenic Clostridium pasteurianum, an anaerobic Firmicute, can produce butanol from glycerol a...

    Authors: Nicholas R. Sandoval, Keerthi P. Venkataramanan, Theodore S. Groth and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:227
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  22. One-carbon (C1) metabolism is important for synthesizing a range of biologically important compounds that are essential for life. In plants, the C1 pathway is crucial for the synthesis of a large number of sec...

    Authors: Avinash C. Srivastava, Fang Chen, Tui Ray, Sivakumar Pattathil, Maria J. Peña, Utku Avci, Hongjia Li, David V. Huhman, Jason Backe, Breeanna Urbanowicz, Jeffrey S. Miller, Mohamed Bedair, Charles E. Wyman, Lloyd W. Sumner, William S. York, Michael G. Hahn…
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:224
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  23. Biodiesels produced from transesterification of vegetable oils have a major quality problem due to the presence of precipitates, which need to be removed to avoid clogging of filters and engine failures. These...

    Authors: Salvador Peiru, Andres Aguirre, Florencia Eberhardt, Mauricio Braia, Rodolfo Cabrera and Hugo G. Menzella
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:223
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  24. Jatropha curcas L. (Jatropha) is a potential biodiesel crop that can be cultivated on marginal land because of its strong tolerance to drought and low soil nutrient content. However, s...

    Authors: Munusamy Madhaiyan, Tan Hian Hwee Alex, Si Te Ngoh, Bharath Prithiviraj and Lianghui Ji
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:222
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  25. Volatile fatty acids (VFA) are building blocks for the chemical industry. Sustainable, biological production is constrained by production and recovery costs, including the need for intensive pH correction. Mem...

    Authors: Stephen J. Andersen, Pieter Candry, Thais Basadre, Way Cern Khor, Hugo Roume, Emma Hernandez-Sanabria, Marta Coma and Korneel Rabaey
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:221
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  26. Carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) bind polysaccharides and help target glycoside hydrolases catalytic domains to their appropriate carbohydrate substrates. To better understand how CBMs can improve celluloly...

    Authors: Johnnie A. Walker, Taichi E. Takasuka, Kai Deng, Christopher M. Bianchetti, Hannah S. Udell, Ben M. Prom, Hyunkee Kim, Paul D. Adams, Trent R. Northen and Brian G. Fox
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:220
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  27. Inhibitors that are generated during thermochemical pretreatment and hydrolysis impair the performance of microorganisms during fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates. In omitting costly detoxification s...

    Authors: Fredrik Nielsen, Elia Tomás-Pejó, Lisbeth Olsson and Ola Wallberg
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:219
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  28. Autohydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass in liquid hot water has been widely studied owing to its high efficiency and relatively low cost. In the perspective of industrial applications, continuous or semi-con...

    Authors: Alessandro Galia, Benedetto Schiavo, Claudia Antonetti, Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti, Leonardo Interrante, Marco Lessi, Onofrio Scialdone and Maria Grazia Valenti
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:218
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  29. The conversion of plant biomass to ethanol via enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis offers a potentially sustainable route to biofuel production. However, the inhibition of enzymatic activity in pretreated biomass b...

    Authors: Josh V. Vermaas, Loukas Petridis, Xianghong Qi, Roland Schulz, Benjamin Lindner and Jeremy. C. Smith
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:217
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  30. White-rot basidiomycete fungi are potent degraders of plant biomass, with the ability to mineralize all lignocellulose components. Recent comparative genomics studies showed that these fungi use a wide divers...

    Authors: Marie Couturier, David Navarro, Didier Chevret, Bernard Henrissat, François Piumi, Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas, Angel T. Martinez, Igor V. Grigoriev, Robert Riley, Anna Lipzen, Jean-Guy Berrin, Emma R. Master and Marie-Noëlle Rosso
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:216
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  31. Microalgae are a potential source of sustainable commodities of fuels, chemicals and food and feed additives. The current high production costs, as a result of the low areal productivities, limit the applicati...

    Authors: Jeroen H. de Vree, Rouke Bosma, Marcel Janssen, Maria J. Barbosa and René H. Wijffels
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:215
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  32. Non-specific binding of cellulases to lignin has been implicated as a major factor in the loss of cellulase activity during biomass conversion to sugars. It is believed that this binding may strongly impact pr...

    Authors: John M. Yarbrough, Ashutosh Mittal, Elisabeth Mansfield, Larry E. Taylor II, Sarah E. Hobdey, Deanne W. Sammond, Yannick J. Bomble, Michael F. Crowley, Stephen R. Decker, Michael E. Himmel and Todd B. Vinzant
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:214
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  33. The production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic feedstocks is dependent on lignocellulosic biomass degradation by hydrolytic enzymes. The main component of lignocellulose is cellulose and different types of ...

    Authors: Leandro José de Assis, Laure Nicolas Annick Ries, Marcela Savoldi, Thaila Fernanda dos Reis, Neil Andrew Brown and Gustavo Henrique Goldman
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:213
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  34. Clostridium thermocellum is a promising consolidated bioprocessing candidate organism capable of directly converting lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol. Current ethanol yields, product...

    Authors: Kyle Sander, Charlotte M. Wilson, Miguel Rodriguez Jr., Dawn M. Klingeman, Thomas Rydzak, Brian H. Davison and Steven D. Brown
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:211
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  36. Woody biomass is highly recalcitrant to enzymatic sugar release and often requires significant size reduction and severe pretreatments to achieve economically viable sugar yields in biological production of su...

    Authors: Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Marcus Foston, Xianzhi Meng, Seokwon Jung, Rajeev Kumar, Arthur J. Ragauskas and Charles E. Wyman
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:209
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  37. Anaerobic fungi reside in the rumen and alimentary tract of herbivores where they play an important role in the digestion of ingested plant biomass. The anaerobic fungal isolate Orpinomyces sp. strain C1A is an e...

    Authors: M. B. Couger, Noha H. Youssef, Christopher G. Struchtemeyer, Audra S. Liggenstoffer and Mostafa S. Elshahed
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:208
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  38. Algae accumulate lipids to endure different kinds of environmental stresses including macronutrient starvation. Although this response has been extensively studied, an in depth understanding of the transcripti...

    Authors: Adrián López García de Lomana, Sascha Schäuble, Jacob Valenzuela, Saheed Imam, Warren Carter, Damla D. Bilgin, Christopher B. Yohn, Serdar Turkarslan, David J. Reiss, Mónica V. Orellana, Nathan D. Price and Nitin S. Baliga
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:207
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  39. Microbial communities enriched from diverse environments have shown considerable promise for the targeted discovery of microorganisms and enzymes for bioconversion of lignocellulose to liquid fuels. While pres...

    Authors: Chaowei Yu, Amitha P. Reddy, Christopher W. Simmons, Blake A. Simmons, Steven W. Singer and Jean S. VanderGheynst
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:206
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  40. Ethanol production from sugarcane bagasse requires a pretreatment step to disrupt the cellulose-hemicellulose-lignin complex and to increase biomass digestibility, thus allowing the obtaining of high yields of...

    Authors: Maira Prearo Grimaldi, Marina Paganini Marques, Cecília Laluce, Eduardo Maffud Cilli and Sandra Regina Pombeiro Sponchiado
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:205
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  41. Decarboxylation of α-ketoisovalerate to isobutyraldehyde is a key reaction in metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for isobutanol production with published studies relying on overexpression of either...

    Authors: N. Milne, A. J. A. van Maris, J. T. Pronk and J. M. Daran
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:204
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  42. Flowthrough pretreatment of biomass is a critical step in lignin valorization via conversion of lignin derivatives to high-value products, a function vital to the economic efficiency of biorefinery plants. Com...

    Authors: Libing Zhang, Lishi Yan, Zheming Wang, Dhrubojyoti D. Laskar, Marie S. Swita, John R. Cort and Bin Yang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:203
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  43. Most β-glucosidases reported are sensitive to the end product (glucose), making it the rate limiting component of cellulase for efficient degradation of cellulose through enzymatic route. Thus, there are ongoi...

    Authors: Li-chuang Cao, Zhi-jun Wang, Guang-hui Ren, Wei Kong, Liang Li, Wei Xie and Yu-huan Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:202
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  44. The use of photosynthetic autotrophs and in particular the model organism Synechocystis PCC6803 is receiving much attention for the production of sustainable biofuels and other economically useful products throug...

    Authors: Patricia Armshaw, Dawn Carey, Con Sheahan and J. Tony Pembroke
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:201
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  45. Microalgae are considered promising alternative energy sources because they consume CO2 and accumulate large amounts of lipids that can be used as biofuel. Nannochloropsis is a particularly promising microalga du...

    Authors: Nam Kyu Kang, Seungjib Jeon, Sohee Kwon, Hyun Gi Koh, Sung-Eun Shin, Bongsoo Lee, Gang-Guk Choi, Ji-Won Yang, Byeong-ryool Jeong and Yong Keun Chang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:200
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  46. Synergistic action of different enzymes is required to complete the degradation of plant biomass in order to release sugars which are useful for biorefining. However, the use of single strains is often not eff...

    Authors: Diego Javier Jiménez, Mukil Maruthamuthu and Jan Dirk van Elsas
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:199
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  47. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass can produce inhibitory compounds that are harmful for microorganisms used in the production of biofuels and other chemicals from lignocellulosic sugars. Selective inhibi...

    Authors: Matti S. Kannisto, Rahul K. Mangayil, Ankita Shrivastava-Bhattacharya, Brett I. Pletschke, Matti T. Karp and Ville P. Santala
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:198
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  48. Improving the hydrolytic performance of xylanolytic enzymes on arabinoxylan is of importance in the ethanol fermentation industry. Supplementation of debranching (arabinofuranosidase) and depolymerizing (xylan...

    Authors: Wenxia Yang, Yingguo Bai, Peilong Yang, Huiying Luo, Huoqing Huang, Kun Meng, Pengjun Shi, Yaru Wang and Bin Yao
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:197
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  49. Accumulation of recalcitrant oligosaccharides during high-solids loading enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass reduces biofuel yields and increases processing costs for a cellulosic biorefinery. Recalcit...

    Authors: Saisi Xue, Nirmal Uppugundla, Michael J. Bowman, David Cavalier, Leonardo Da Costa Sousa, Bruce. E Dale and Venkatesh Balan
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:195
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  50. Algal biomass, known as a potential feedstock for biofuel production, has cell wall structures that differ from terrestrial biomass. The existing methods for processing algae are limited to conventional pretre...

    Authors: Le Gao, Demao Li, Feng Gao, Zhiyong Liu, Yuyong Hou, Shulin Chen and Dongyuan Zhang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2015 8:194
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