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  1. Fungi play a major role in the global carbon cycle because of their ability to utilize plant biomass (polysaccharides, proteins, and lignin) as carbon source. Due to the complexity and heterogenic composition ...

    Authors: Tiziano Benocci, Maria Victoria Aguilar-Pontes, Miaomiao Zhou, Bernhard Seiboth and Ronald P. de Vries
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:152
  2. The presence of low complexity and repeated regions in genomes often results in difficulties to assemble sequencing data into full chromosomes. However, the availability of full genome scaffolds is essential t...

    Authors: Etienne Jourdier, Lyam Baudry, Dante Poggi-Parodi, Yoan Vicq, Romain Koszul, Antoine Margeot, Martial Marbouty and Frédérique Bidard
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:151

    The Correction to this article has been published in Biotechnology for Biofuels 2018 11:163

  3. Butanol as an important chemical and potential fuel could be produced via ABE fermentation from lignocellulosic biomass. The use of food-related feedstocks such as maize and sugar cane may not be a sustainable...

    Authors: Chuang Xue, Xiaotong Zhang, Jufang Wang, Min Xiao, Lijie Chen and Fengwu Bai
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:148
  4. Microbial oil is one important bio-product for its important function in energy, chemical, and food industry. Finding suitable substrates is one key issue for its industrial application. Both hydrophilic and h...

    Authors: Chao Huang, Mu-Tan Luo, Xue-Fang Chen, Gao-Xiang Qi, Lian Xiong, Xiao-Qing Lin, Can Wang, Hai-Long Li and Xin-De Chen
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:147
  5. Cyanobacteria are considered potential photosynthetic microbial cell factories for biofuel and biochemical production. Ethylene, one of the most important organic chemicals, has been successfully synthesized i...

    Authors: Huilin Mo, Xiaoman Xie, Tao Zhu and Xuefeng Lu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:145
  6. Feedstock cost is a substantial barrier to the commercialization of lignocellulosic biorefineries. Poplar grown using a short rotation coppice (SRC) system has the potential to provide a low-cost feedstock and...

    Authors: Chang Dou, Wilian F. Marcondes, Jessica E. Djaja, Renata Bura and Rick Gustafson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:144
  7. β-Mannanase randomly cleaves the β-1,4-linked mannan backbone of hemicellulose, which plays the most important role in the enzymatic degradation of mannan. Although the industrial applications of β-mannanase h...

    Authors: Yan-xiao Li, Ping Yi, Qiao-juan Yan, Zhen Qin, Xue-qiang Liu and Zheng-qiang Jiang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:143
  8. Enzyme discovery is a promising approach to aid in the deconstruction of recalcitrant plant biomass in an industrial process. Novel enzymes can be readily discovered by applying metagenomics on whole microbiom...

    Authors: Mukil Maruthamuthu and Jan Dirk van Elsas
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:142
  9. Cyanobacterial mutants engineered for production of free fatty acids (FFAs) secrete the products to the medium and hence are thought to be useful for biofuel production. The dAS1T mutant constructed from Synechoc...

    Authors: Akihiro Kato, Nobuyuki Takatani, Kazutaka Ikeda, Shin-ichi Maeda and Tatsuo Omata
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:141
  10. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has been well studied for the bio-oil production from biomass. However, a large amount of wastewater with high organic content is also produced during the HTL process. Therefore...

    Authors: Huihui Chen, Cheng Zhang, Yue Rao, Yuhang Jing, Gang Luo and Shicheng Zhang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:140
  11. Phthalic acid esters, including diethyl phthalate (DEP), which are considered as top-priority and hazardous pollutants, have received significant attention over the last decades. It is vital for industries to ...

    Authors: Samira Yousefzadeh, Ehsan Ahmadi, Mitra Gholami, Hamid Reza Ghaffari, Ali Azari, Mohsen Ansari, Mohammad Miri, Kiomars Sharafi and Soheila Rezaei
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:139
  12. Arundo donax has attracted renewed interest as a potential candidate energy crop for use in biomass-to-liquid fuel conversion processes and biorefineries. This is due to its high produ...

    Authors: Chiara Evangelistella, Alessio Valentini, Riccardo Ludovisi, Andrea Firrincieli, Francesco Fabbrini, Simone Scalabrin, Federica Cattonaro, Michele Morgante, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Joost J. B. Keurentjes and Antoine Harfouche
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:138
  13. Co-fermentation is an attractive technology for improving volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production by treatment of solid organic wastes. However, it remains unclear how the composition of different organic matte...

    Authors: Huijun Ma, He Liu, Lihui Zhang, Meng Yang, Bo Fu and Hongbo Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:137
  14. Culture collapse due to high temperatures can significantly impact the profitability of outdoor algal cultivation systems. The objective of this study was to model for the first time the impact of high tempera...

    Authors: Quentin BĂ©chet, Martin Laviale, Nicolas Arsapin, Hubert Bonnefond and Olivier Bernard
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:136
  15. Bipolaris sorokiniana is a filamentous fungus that causes spot blotch disease in cereals like wheat and has severe economic consequences. However, information on the identities and rol...

    Authors: Shritama Aich, Ravi K. Singh, Pritha Kundu, Shree P. Pandey and Supratim Datta
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:135
  16. Lindera glauca fruit with high quality and quantity of oil has emerged as a novel potential source of biodiesel in China, but the molecular regulatory mechanism of carbon flux and ener...

    Authors: Zixin Lin, Jiyong An, Jia Wang, Jun Niu, Chao Ma, Libing Wang, Guanshen Yuan, Lingling Shi, Lili Liu, Jinsong Zhang, Zhixiang Zhang, Ji Qi and Shanzhi Lin
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:134
  17. Xylanases have been widely employed in many industrial processes, and thermophilic xylanases are in great demand for meeting the high-temperature requirements of biotechnological treatments. In this work, we a...

    Authors: Nanyu Han, Huabiao Miao, Junmei Ding, Junjun Li, Yuelin Mu, Junpei Zhou and Zunxi Huang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:133
  18. Yarrowia lipolytica, one of the most widely studied “nonconventional” oleaginous yeast species, is unable to grow on cellulose. Recently, we identified and overexpressed two endogenous...

    Authors: Zhong-peng Guo, Sophie Duquesne, Sophie Bozonnet, Gianluca Cioci, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Alain Marty and Michael Joseph O’Donohue
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:132
  19. The family of Ustilaginaceae is known for their capability to naturally produce industrially valuable chemicals from different carbon sources. Recently, several Ustilaginaceae were reported to produce organic ...

    Authors: Thiemo Zambanini, Hamed Hosseinpour Tehrani, Elena Geiser, Dorothee Merker, Sarah Schleese, Judith Krabbe, Joerg M. Buescher, Guido Meurer, Nick Wierckx and Lars M. Blank
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:131
  20. Steam explosion pretreatment has been examined in many studies for enhancing the enzymatic digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass and is currently the most common pretreatment method in commercial biorefiner...

    Authors: Thomas Pielhop, Janick Amgarten, Michael H. Studer and Philipp Rudolf von Rohr
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:130
  21. Enzymatic treatment of lignocellulosic material for increased biogas production has so far focused on pretreatment methods. However, often combinations of enzymes and different physicochemical treatments are n...

    Authors: Jutta Speda, Mikaela A. Johansson, Anna Odnell and Martin Karlsson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:129
  22. Hitherto, the main goal of metaproteomic analyses has been to characterize the functional role of particular microorganisms in the microbial ecology of various microbial communities. Recently, it has been sugg...

    Authors: Jutta Speda, Bengt-Harald Jonsson, Uno Carlsson and Martin Karlsson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:128
  23. In order to improve the availability of biomass, the concept of growing high yield biomass with short rotations and intensive culture has been introduced. Bamboo has become a feedstock of potential interest fo...

    Authors: Seung Gon Wi, Dae-Seok Lee, Quynh Anh Nguyen and Hyeun-Jong Bae
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:127
  24. Filamentous fungi are among the most powerful cellulolytic organisms in terrestrial ecosystems. To perform the degradation of lignocellulosic substrates, these microorganisms employ both hydrolytic and oxidati...

    Authors: Anthi Karnaouri, Madhu Nair Muraleedharan, Maria Dimarogona, Evangelos Topakas, Ulrika Rova, Mats Sandgren and Paul Christakopoulos
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:126
  25. Cost-efficient saccharification is one of the main bottlenecks for industrial lignocellulose conversion. Clostridium thermocellum naturally degrades lignocellulose efficiently using the cellulosome, a multiprotei...

    Authors: Jie Zhang, Shiyue Liu, Renmin Li, Wei Hong, Yan Xiao, Yingang Feng, Qiu Cui and Ya-Jun Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:124
  26. Oil field produced water (OFPW) is widely produced in large volumes around the world. Transforming the organic matter in OFPW into bioenergy, such as biomethane, is one promising way to sustainability. However...

    Authors: Bonahis J. Oko, Yu Tao and David C. Stuckey
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:123
  27. Butanol is an intensively used industrial solvent and an attractive alternative biofuel, but the bioproduction suffers from its high toxicity. Among the native butanol producers and heterologous butanol-produc...

    Authors: Gumpanat Mahipant, Atchara Paemanee, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Junichi Kato and Alisa S. Vangnai
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:122
  28. Many fungi boost the deconstruction of lignocellulosic plant biomass via oxidation using lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs). The application of LPMOs is expected to contribute to ecologically friendly...

    Authors: Matthias Frommhagen, Sumanth Kumar Mutte, Adrie H. Westphal, Martijn J. Koetsier, Sandra W. A. Hinz, Jaap Visser, Jean-Paul Vincken, Dolf Weijers, Willem J. H. van Berkel, Harry Gruppen and Mirjam A. Kabel
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:121
  29. Microalgae have shown clear advantages for the production of biofuels compared with energy crops. Apart from their high growth rates and substantial lipid/triacylglycerol yields, microalgae can grow in wastewa...

    Authors: Ana F. Miranda, Narasimhan Ramkumar, Constandino Andriotis, Thorben Höltkemeier, Aneela Yasmin, Simone Rochfort, Donald Wlodkowic, Paul Morrison, Felicity Roddick, German Spangenberg, Banwari Lal, Sanjukta Subudhi and Aidyn Mouradov
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:120
  30. Bioseparations can contribute to more than 70% in the total production cost of a bio-based chemical, and if the desired chemical is localized intracellularly, there can be additional challenges associated with...

    Authors: Kirti M. Yenkie, Wenzhao Wu and Christos T. Maravelias
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:119
  31. High cost of traditional substrates and formation of by-products (such as acetone and ethanol) in acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation hindered the large-scale production of biobutanol. Here, we comprehe...

    Authors: Fengxue Xin, Tianpeng Chen, Yujiang Jiang, Weiliang Dong, Wenming Zhang, Min Zhang, Hao Wu, Jiangfeng Ma and Min Jiang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:118
  32. A recent Commentary article entitled “On the pathways feeding the H2 production process in nutrient-replete, hypoxic conditions” by Dr. Scoma and Dr. Tóth, Biotechnology for Biofuels (2017), opened a very interes...

    Authors: David González-Ballester, Jose Luis Jurado-Oller, Aurora Galván, Emilio Fernández and Alexandra Dubini
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:117
  33. Under low O2 concentration (hypoxia) and low light, Chlamydomonas cells can produce H2 gas in nutrient-replete conditions. This process is hindered by the presence of O2, which inactivates the [FeFe]-hydrogenase ...

    Authors: Alberto Scoma and Szilvia Z. TĂłth
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:116
  34. Algal biofilm technology is recently supposed to be a promising method to produce algal biomass as the feedstock for the production of biofuels. However, the carrier materials currently used to form algal biof...

    Authors: Qi Zhang, Cuixia Liu, Yubiao Li, Zhigang Yu, Zhihua Chen, Ting Ye, Xun Wang, Zhiquan Hu, Shiming Liu, Bo Xiao and Shiping Jin
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:115
  35. Production of second-generation bioethanol and other bulk chemicals by yeast fermentation requires cells that tolerate inhibitory lignocellulosic compounds at low pH. Saccharomyces cerevisiae displays high plasti...

    Authors: Venkatachalam Narayanan, Jenny Schelin, Marie Gorwa-Grauslund, Ed WJ van Niel and Magnus Carlquist
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:114
  36. Recently, issues concerning the sustainable and harmless disposal of organic solid waste have generated interest in microbial biotechnologies aimed at converting waste materials into bioenergy and biomaterials...

    Authors: Giorgia Pagliano, Valeria Ventorino, Antonio Panico and Olimpia Pepe
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:113
  37. Corn stover is lignocellulosic biomass that has potential to be used as raw material for bioethanol production. In the current research, dilute ammonia pretreatment was used to improve the accessibility of cor...

    Authors: M. C. Jonathan, J. DeMartini, S. Van Stigt Thans, R. Hommes and M. A. Kabel
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:112
  38. Simultaneous wastewater treatment and lipid production by oleaginous microalgae show great potential to alleviate energy shortage and environmental pollution, because they exhibit tremendous advantages over tr...

    Authors: Chao Ma, Hanquan Wen, Defeng Xing, Xuanyuan Pei, Jiani Zhu, Nanqi Ren and Bingfeng Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:111
  39. Early branching or syllepsis has been positively correlated with high biomass yields in short-rotation coppice (SRC) poplar plantations, which could represent an important lignocellulosic feedstock for the pro...

    Authors: Alicia Moreno-Cortés, José Manuel Ramos-Sánchez, Tamara Hernández-Verdeja, Pablo González-Melendi, Ana Alves, Rita Simões, José Carlos Rodrigues, Mercedes Guijarro, Isabel Canellas, Hortensia Sixto and Isabel Allona
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:110
  40. The cell wall polymer lignin provides structural support and rigidity to plant cell walls, and therefore to the plant body. However, the recalcitrance associated with lignin impedes the extraction of polysacch...

    Authors: Rebecca A. Smith, Cynthia L. Cass, Mona Mazaheri, Rajandeep S. Sekhon, Marlies Heckwolf, Heidi Kaeppler, Natalia de Leon, Shawn D. Mansfield, Shawn M. Kaeppler, John C. Sedbrook, Steven D. Karlen and John Ralph
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:109
  41. Clostridium thermocellum is a Gram-positive anaerobe with the ability to hydrolyze and metabolize cellulose into biofuels such as ethanol, making it an attractive candidate for consoli...

    Authors: Satyakam Dash, Ali Khodayari, Jilai Zhou, Evert K. Holwerda, Daniel G. Olson, Lee R. Lynd and Costas D. Maranas
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:108
  42. Glycerol, whose formation contributes to cellular redox balancing and osmoregulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is an important by-product of yeast-based bioethanol production. Replacing the glycerol pathway by...

    Authors: Ioannis Papapetridis, Marlous van Dijk, Antonius J. A. van Maris and Jack T. Pronk
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:107
  43. Although the biocatalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass could replace fossil oil for the production of various compounds, it is often not economically viable due to the high costs of cellulolytic enzymes. O...

    Authors: Elena Antonov, Ivan Schlembach, Lars Regestein, Miriam A. Rosenbaum and Jochen BĂĽchs
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:106
  44. Biofuels obtained from first-generation (1G) sugars-starch streams have been proven unsustainable as their constant consumption is not only significantly costly for commercial scale production systems, but it ...

    Authors: Qurat-ul-Ain Ahmad, Shang-Tian Yang, Maleeha Manzoor and Javed Iqbal Qazi
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:105
  45. Day/night cycles regulate the circadian clock of organisms to program daily activities. Many species of microalgae have a synchronized cell division when grown under a day/night cycle, and synchronization migh...

    Authors: Lenneke de Winter, Iago Teles Dominguez Cabanelas, Dirk E. Martens, René H. Wijffels and Maria J. Barbosa
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:104
  46. Manganese peroxidase is one of the Class II fungal peroxidases that are able to oxidize the low redox potential phenolic lignin compounds. For high redox potential non-phenolic lignin degradation, mediators su...

    Authors: Xing Qin, Xianhua Sun, Huoqing Huang, Yingguo Bai, Yuan Wang, Huiying Luo, Bin Yao, Xiaoyu Zhang and Xiaoyun Su
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:103
  47. n-Caproic acid (CA), as a medium-chain carboxylic acid, is a valuable chemical feedstock for various industrial applications. The fermentative production of CA from renewable carbon so...

    Authors: Xiaoyu Zhu, Yan Zhou, Yi Wang, Tingting Wu, Xiangzhen Li, Daping Li and Yong Tao
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:102
  48. Lignocellulose from fast growing hardwood species is a preferred source of polysaccharides for advanced biofuels and “green” chemicals. However, the extensive acetylation of hardwood xylan hinders lignocellulo...

    Authors: Prashant Mohan-Anupama Pawar, Marta Derba-Maceluch, Sun-Li Chong, Madhavi Latha Gandla, Shamrat Shafiul Bashar, Tobias Sparrman, Patrik Ahvenainen, Mattias Hedenström, Merve Özparpucu, Markus Rüggeberg, Ritva Serimaa, Martin Lawoko, Maija Tenkanen, Leif J. Jönsson and Ewa J. Mellerowicz
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels 2017 10:98