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  1. Biogas and biomethane production from the on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) of animal manure and agri-food wastes could play a key role in transforming Europe’s energy system by mitigating its dependence on fos...

    Authors: SĂ©bastien Lemaigre, Patrick A. Gerin, Gilles Adam, Dominika Klimek, Xavier Goux, Malte Herold, Zuzana Frkova, Magdalena Calusinska and Philippe Delfosse
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:188
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  2. Oleaginous yeasts are a promising candidate for the sustainable conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks into fuels and chemicals, but their growth on these substrates can be inhibited as a result of upstream ...

    Authors: William Woodruff, Narendra Naik Deshavath, Vionna Susanto, Christopher V. Rao and Vijay Singh
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:187
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  3. Yarrowia lipolytica, one of the most charming chassis cells in synthetic biology, is unable to use xylose and cellodextrins.

    Authors: Yiran Zhang, Moying Li, Rui Zhu, Yu Xin, Zitao Guo, Zhenghua Gu, Zhongpeng Guo and Liang Zhang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:186
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  4. The exceptional protein secretion capacity, intricate post-translational modification processes, and inherent safety features of A. oryzae make it a promising expression system. However, heterologous protein expr...

    Authors: Qinghua Li, Jinchang Lu, Jingya Liu, Jianghua Li, Guoqiang Zhang, Guocheng Du and Jian Chen
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:185
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  5. Ensiling technology holds promise for preserving and providing high-quality forage. However, the preservation of rice straw poses challenges due to its high lignocellulosic content and low water-soluble carboh...

    Authors: Yu Sun, Qinglong Sun, Yunmeng Tang, Qingyang Li, Chunjie Tian and Haixia Sun
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:184
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  6. The biogas produced through anaerobic digestion (AD) of renewable feedstocks is one of the promising alternatives to replace fossil-derived energy. Even though lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant biom...

    Authors: Jan Struckmann Poulsen, Williane Vieira MacĂŞdo, Torben Bonde and Jeppe Lund Nielsen
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:183
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  7. Xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) are considered as a promising type of prebiotics that can be used in foods, feeds, and healthcare products. Xylanases play a key role in the production of XOS from xylan. In this st...

    Authors: Xiaoling Zhang, Qin Miao, Bingling Tang, Ivan Mijakovic, Xiao-Jun Ji, Lingbo Qu and Yongjun Wei
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:182
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  8. Reducing the costs of biorefinery processes is a crucial step in replacing petrochemical products by sustainable, biotechnological alternatives. Substrate costs and downstream processing present large potentia...

    Authors: Johannes Pastoors, Alexander Deitert, Carina Michel, Karsten Günster, Maurice Finger, Jordy Hofstede, Jeff Deischter, Andreas Biselli, Jörn Viell, Regina Palkovits, Andreas Jupke and Jochen Büchs
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:181
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  9. Rhodococci are studied for their bacterial ligninolytic capabilities and proclivity to accumulate lipids. Lignin utilization is a resource intensive process requiring a variety of redox active enzymes and cofacto...

    Authors: Xiaolu Li, Austin Gluth, Song Feng, Wei-Jun Qian and Bin Yang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:180
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  10. High-performance poly(p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole) (PBO) fiber, with excellent mechanical properties (stiffness, strength, and toughness), high thermal stability combined and light weight, are widely employed i...

    Authors: Yali Zhou, Shiding Zhang, Shiming Huang, Xuanhe Fan, Haijia Su and Tianwei Tan
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:179
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  11. Single-cell protein (SCP) production in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris has the potential to achieve a sustainable protein supply. However, improving the methanol fermentation efficiency and reducing car...

    Authors: Le Gao, Jiao Meng, Wuling Dai, Zhaokun Zhang, Haofan Dong, Qianqian Yuan, Wuyuan Zhang, Shuguang Liu and Xin Wu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:178
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  12. Keratin is a recalcitrant protein and can be decomposed in nature. However, the mechanism of keratin degradation is still not well understood. In this study, Bacillus sp. 8A6 can completely degrade the feather in...

    Authors: Beiya Zhou, Yandong Guo, Yaju Xue, Xiuling Ji and Yuhong Huang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:177
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  14. The direct bioconversion of crude glycerol, a byproduct of biodiesel production, into 1,3-propanediol by microbial fermentation constitutes a remarkably promising value-added applications. However, the low act...

    Authors: Zifeng Lin, Yuting Xiao, Lu Zhang, Le Li, Congying Dong, Jiangshan Ma and Gao-Qiang Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:175
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  15. Soil microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can remove antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) simultaneously, but their removal mechanism is unclear. In this study, metagenomic analysis was employed to reveal...

    Authors: Xiaodong Zhao, Xiaorui Qin, Xiuqing Jing, Teng Wang, Qingqing Qiao, Xiaojing Li, Pingmei Yan and Yongtao Li
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:174
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  16. p-Hydroxycinnamic acids, such as sinapic, ferulic, p-coumaric and caffeic acids, are among the most abundant phenolic compounds found in plant biomass and agro-industrial by-products (e.g. cereal brans, sugar-bee...

    Authors: Anne Lomascolo, Elise Odinot, Pierre Villeneuve and JĂ©rĂ´me Lecomte
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:173
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  17. Lignocellulose, the most abundant non-edible feedstock on Earth, holds substantial potential for eco-friendly chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals production. Glucose, xylose, and arabinose are primary compon...

    Authors: Xiaolin Shen, Hongchao Xu, Tong Wang, Ruihua Zhang, Xinxiao Sun, Qipeng Yuan and Jia Wang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:172
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  18. Alternative aviation fuel has been confirmed benefits for GHGs reduction and energy saving. Alternative fuel use should meet drop-in fuel requirement, and one of the important factors to ensure combustion comp...

    Authors: Ziyu Liu, Zimu Tang and Xiaoyi Yang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:171
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  19. Phycobiliproteins (PBPs), one of the functional proteins from algae, are natural pigment–protein complex containing various amino acids and phycobilins. It has various activities, such as anti-inflammatory and...

    Authors: Jinxin Wang, Song Qin, Jian Lin, Qi Wang, Wenjun Li and Yonglin Gao
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:170
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  20. Cottonseed oil is a promising edible plant oil with abundant unsaturated fatty acids. However, few studies have been conducted to explore the characteristics of cottonseed oil. The molecular mechanism of cotto...

    Authors: Chenxu Gao, Xiao Han, Zhenzhen Xu, Zhaoen Yang, Qingdi Yan, Yihao Zhang, Jikun Song, Hang Yu, Renju Liu, Lan Yang, Wei Hu, Jiaxiang Yang, Man Wu, Jisheng Liu, Zongming Xie, Jiwen Yu…
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:169
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  21. Over the last decades, many strategies to procure and improve xylose consumption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been reported. This includes the introduction of efficient xylose-assimilating enzymes, the improv...

    Authors: Viktor C. Persson, Raquel Perruca Foncillas, Tegan R. Anderes, Clément Ginestet and Marie Gorwa-Grauslund
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:168
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  22. Microbes have been used as cell factories to synthesize various chemical compounds. Recent advances in synthetic biological technologies have accelerated the increase in the number and capacity of microbial ce...

    Authors: Pengli Cai, Sheng Liu, Dachuan Zhang and Qian-Nan Hu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:167
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  23. Microalgae are emerging hosts for the sustainable production of lutein, a high-value carotenoid; however, to be commercially competitive with existing systems, their capacity for lutein sequestration must be a...

    Authors: Josie L. McQuillan, Edoardo Andrea Cutolo, Caroline Evans and Jagroop Pandhal
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:166
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  24. Biogas from anaerobic digestion is a versatile energy carrier that can be upgraded to compressed biomethane gas (CBG) as a renewable and sustainable alternative to natural gas. Organic residues and energy crop...

    Authors: Saurav Kalita, Jonas A. Ohlsson, Hanna Karlsson Potter, Ă…ke Nordberg, Mats Sandgren and Per-Anders Hansson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:165
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  25. As a cost-effective and eco-friendly approach, biocatalysis has great potential for the transformation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). However, the compatibility of eac...

    Authors: Fan Yang, Jiashu Liu, Bianxia Li, Huanan Li and Zhengbing Jiang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:164
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  26. Grifola frondosa is a Basidiomycete fungus belonging to the family of Grifolaceae and the order of Polyporales. β-Glucans are the main polymers in G. frondosa, playing a crucial role in the physiology and represe...

    Authors: Yu-Meng Yang, Xin Fu, Feng-Jie Cui, Lei Sun, Xin-Yi Zan and Wen-Jing Sun
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:163
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  27. Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), including shinorine and porphyra-334, are gaining attention as safe natural sunscreens. The production of MAAs has been achieved in diverse microbial hosts, including Saccharo...

    Authors: Hyunbin Jin, Sojeong Kim, Daeyeol Lee, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro and Ji-Sook Hahn
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:162
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  28. The well-known industrial fungus Trichoderma reesei has an excellent capability of secreting a large amount of cellulases and xylanases. The induced expression of cellulase and xylanase genes is tightly controlle...

    Authors: Wenqiang Xu, Yajing Ren, Yuxiao Xia, Lin Liu, Xiangfeng Meng, Guanjun Chen, Weixin Zhang and Weifeng Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:161
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  29. Whole-cell biocatalysis has been exploited to convert a variety of substrates into high-value bulk or chiral fine chemicals. However, the traditional whole-cell biocatalysis typically utilizes the heterotrophi...

    Authors: Yang Zhang, Wenchang Meng, Yuting He, Yuhui Chen, Mingyu Shao and Jifeng Yuan
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:160
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  30. Filamentous fungi possess a rich CAZymes system, which is widely studied and applied in the bio-conversion of plant biomass to alcohol chemicals. Carbon source acquisition is the fundamental driver for CAZymes...

    Authors: Yang Liu, Tuo Li, Han Zhu, Yihao Zhou, Qirong Shen and Dongyang Liu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:159
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  31. To maximize the production capacity and yield of microbial cell factories, metabolic pathways are generally modified with dynamic regulatory strategies, which can effectively solve the problems of low biologic...

    Authors: Xiaomeng Li, Qingsheng Qi and Quanfeng Liang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:158
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  32. β-Alanine is a precursor of many important pharmaceutical products and food additives, its market demand is continuously increasing nowadays. Whole-cell catalysis relying on the recombinant expression of key β...

    Authors: Pengfu Liu, Saixue Xie, Qian Guo, Yan Chen, Junying Fan, Ashok Kumar Nadda, Xiaoluo Huang and Xiaohe Chu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:157
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  33. High substrate concentrations and high sugar yields are important aspects of enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic substrates. The benefit of supporting the catalytic action of lytic polysaccharide mon...

    Authors: Chaojun Tang, Madhavi Latha Gandla and Leif J. Jönsson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:156
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  34. Sucrose-rich sugarcane trash surpasses 28 million tons globally per year. Effective biorefinery systems could convert these biomasses to bioproducts, such as bioethanol from sugarcane sucrose in Brazil. Thermo...

    Authors: Kaiqun Dai, Chunyun Qu, Jun Feng, Yang Lan, Hongxin Fu and Jufang Wang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:155
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  35. Lignocellulose is the most abundant natural biomass resource for the production of biofuels and other chemicals. The efficient degradation of cellulose by cellulases is a critical step for the lignocellulose b...

    Authors: Xiuyun Wu, Sha Zhao, Zhennan Tian, Chao Han, Xukai Jiang and Lushan Wang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:154
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  36. Metabolic engineering for hyperaccumulation of lipids in vegetative tissues is a novel strategy for enhancing energy density and biofuel production from biomass crops. Energycane is a prime feedstock for this ...

    Authors: Viet Dang Cao, Guangbin Luo, Shelby Korynta, Hui Liu, Yuanxue Liang, John Shanklin and Fredy Altpeter
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:153
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  37. Production of relatively low value, bulk commodity chemicals and fuels by microbial species requires a step-change in approach to decrease the capital and operational costs associated with scaled fermentation....

    Authors: Matthew Faulkner, Robin Hoeven, Paul P. Kelly, Yaqi Sun, Helen Park, Lu-Ning Liu, Helen S. Toogood and Nigel S. Scrutton
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:152
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  38. With the invasion of green tides and the increase of urban green areas worldwide, multimillion tons of Enteromorpha need to be reutilized. In this study, Enteromorpha prolifera powder is considered a promising bi...

    Authors: Yu-Xi Jiang, Gao-Fan Zheng, Long-Chao Chen, Na Yang, Xiu-Juan Xin, Jun-Ying Ma, Jian-Hua Ju, Hui Wu, Ming Zhao, Ruida Wang and Fa-Liang An
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:151
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  39. Penicillium funiculosum NCIM1228 is a filamentous fungus that was identified in our laboratory to have high cellulolytic activity. Analysis of its secretome suggested that it responds to different carbon substrat...

    Authors: Nandita Pasari, Mayank Gupta, Tulika Sinha, Funso Emmanuel Ogunmolu and Syed Shams Yazdani
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:150
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  40. Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an essential source of edible oil and livestock feed, as well as a promising source of biofuel. Breeding crops with an ideal root system architecture (RSA) for high phosphorus use ...

    Authors: Nazir Ahmad, Sani Ibrahim, Lieqiong Kuang, Tian Ze, Xinfa Wang, Hanzhong Wang and Xiaoling Dun
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:149
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  41. The microbial production of isobutanol holds promise to become a sustainable alternative to fossil-based synthesis routes for this important chemical. Escherichia coli has been considered as one production host, ...

    Authors: Simon Boecker, Peter Schulze and Steffen Klamt
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:148
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  42. Alcohol is a good and environment-friendly fuel that can be microbially produced, capable of eliminating many of the limitations of the present-day fossil fuels. However, the inherent toxic nature of alcohols ...

    Authors: Oishi Sen, Jamie Hinks, Qifeng Lin, Qingsong Lin, Staffan Kjelleberg, Scott A. Rice and Thomas Seviour
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:147
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  43. This paper explores the mechanisms of biochar that facilitate direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) among syntrophic microorganisms leading to improved anaerobic digestion. Properties such as specific s...

    Authors: Marvin T. Valentin, Gang Luo, Shicheng Zhang and Andrzej Białowiec
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:146
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  44. l-Leucine is a high-value amino acid with promising applications in the medicine and feed industries. However, the complex metabolic network and intracellular redox imbalance in fermentative microbes limit thei.....

    Authors: Yanan Hao, Xuewei Pan, Guomin Li, Jiajia You, Hengwei Zhang, Sihan Yan, Meijuan Xu and Zhiming Rao
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:145
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  45. Traditional bioethanol fermentation industries are not operated under strict sterile conditions and are prone to microbial contamination. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are often pervasive in fermentation tanks, c...

    Authors: Maulik H. Patel, Shao-Yeh Lu, Siqing Liu and Christopher D. Skory
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:144
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  46. To improve the CO2 tolerance of a marine microalga Chlorella sp. of which the production capacity has been demonstrated industrially, a mutant library was created and a strain hct53 was screened. Compared to the ...

    Authors: Jiahua Gu, Yuan Xiao, Mingcan Wu, Aoqi Wang, Xinyu Cui, Yi Xin, Kalyanee Paithoonrangsarid and Yandu Lu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:143
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  47. Thraustochytrids have gained attention as a potential source for the production of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), where DHA is predominantly stored in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG). The TAG biosynthesis pathw...

    Authors: Huidan Zhang, Zhuojun Wang, Caili Sun, Chuchu Zhang, Huan Liu, Qiu Cui, Xiaojin Song and Sen Wang
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:142
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  48. Future energy supply needs to overcome two challenges: environmental impact and dependence on geopolitically unstable countries. A very promising alternative is based on lithium, an element for batteries, and ...

    Authors: Camino García-Balboa, Paloma Martínez-Alesón, Victoria López-Rodas, Eduardo Costas Costas and Marta Fernández Díaz
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:141
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  49. Aquaculture is a major user of plant-derived feed ingredients, such as vegetable oil. Production of vegetable oil and protein is generally more energy-intensive than production of the marine ingredients they r...

    Authors: Christian Sigtryggsson, Hanna Karlsson Potter, Volkmar Passoth and Per-Anders Hansson
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:140
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  50. A cost-effective pretreatment and saccharification process is a necessary prerequisite for utilizing lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) in biofuel and biomaterials production. Utilizing a multifunctional enzyme wit...

    Authors: Xiaoqing Liu, Sunjia Ding, Fang Gao, Yaru Wang, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Yuan Wang, Xing Qin, Xiaolu Wang, Huiying Luo, Bin Yao, Huoqing Huang and Tao Tu
    Citation: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2023 16:139
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