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Production of Ethanol from Plant Biomass
The demand for bioethanol has been steadily growing over fossil fuels due to lower greenhouse gas emissions, improved energy security, and rural...
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Genome-scale metabolic modelling enables deciphering ethanol metabolism via the acrylate pathway in the propionate-producer Anaerotignum neopropionicum
BackgroundMicrobial production of propionate from diluted streams of ethanol (e.g., deriving from syngas fermentation) is a sustainable alternative...
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Ethanol tolerance in engineered strains of Clostridium thermocellum
Clostridium thermocellum is a natively cellulolytic bacterium that is promising candidate for cellulosic biofuel production, and can produce ethanol...
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Enhanced bacterial cellulose production in Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans: impact of different PQQ-dependent dehydrogenase knockouts and ethanol supplementation
BackgroundBacterial cellulose (BC) is a biocompatible material with unique mechanical properties, thus holding a significant industrial potential....
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Lipid membrane remodeling and metabolic response during isobutanol and ethanol exposure in Zymomonas mobilis
BackgroundRecent engineering efforts have targeted the ethanologenic bacterium Zymomonas mobilis for isobutanol production. However, significant...
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Ethanol Production from Xylose Through GM Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The second most important fermentable sugar found in lignocellulosic hydrolysates is xylose (pentose). Sugars such as C6 and C5 are used to produce a...
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Glucose feeds the tricarboxylic acid cycle via excreted ethanol in fermenting yeast
Ethanol and lactate are typical waste products of glucose fermentation. In mammals, glucose is catabolized by glycolysis into circulating lactate,...
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Comparative Assessment of Ethanol Production from Six Typical German Waste Baked Products
This study investigates the potential for bioethanol production of six types of typical German leftover baked products: bread rolls, pretzel rolls,...
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A highly efficient transcriptome-based biosynthesis of non-ethanol chemicals in Crabtree negative Saccharomyces cerevisiae
BackgroundOwing to the Crabtree effect, Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces a large amount of ethanol in the presence of oxygen and excess glucose,...
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae employs complex regulation strategies to tolerate low pH stress during ethanol production
BackgroundIndustrial bioethanol production may involve a low pH environment caused by inorganic acids, improving the tolerance of Saccharomyces...
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Upgrading dilute ethanol to odd-chain carboxylic acids by a synthetic co-culture of Anaerotignum neopropionicum and Clostridium kluyveri
BackgroundDilute ethanol streams generated during fermentation of biomass or syngas can be used as feedstocks for the production of higher value...
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Why and How: A Chronicle of Second-Generation Ethanol
The aim of this chapter is to contextualize second-generation ethanol considering civilization’s needs for fuel, jobs, and sustainability, under the...
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Isolation of xylose-utilizing yeasts from oil palm waste for xylitol and ethanol production
The energy crisis triggers the use of energy sources that are renewable, such as biomass made from lignocellulosic materials, to produce various...
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Effect of Ethanol on Platelet Biology
AbstractIn recent years, there has been interest in the study of platelets, the functions of which, as it turned out, are not limited to their...
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Optimal trade-off between boosted tolerance and growth fitness during adaptive evolution of yeast to ethanol shocks
BackgroundThe selection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with higher alcohol tolerance can potentially increase the industrial production of...
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Ethanol Production by Recombinant CBP Yeasts
Toward the realization of a low-carbon society, there is a need to establish “biorefineries” to produce biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic...
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Metabolic engineering of Thermoanaerobacterium AK17 for increased ethanol production in seaweed hydrolysate
Sustainably produced renewable biomass has the potential to replace fossil-based feedstocks, for generation of biobased fuels and chemicals of...
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Key role of K+ and Ca2+ in high-yield ethanol production by S. Cerevisiae from concentrated sugarcane molasses
BackgroundSaccharomyces cerevisiae is an important microorganism in ethanol synthesis, and with sugarcane molasses as the feedstock, ethanol is...
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Model construction and theoretical evaluation of the performance improvement of acetone-butanol-ethanol extractive fermentation by adding surfactant
Severe butanol toxicity to the metabolism of solventogenic clostridia significantly impede the application of fermentative butanol as a biofuel....
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Robotic workflows for automated long-term adaptive laboratory evolution: improving ethanol utilization by Corynebacterium glutamicum
BackgroundAdaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) is known as a powerful tool for untargeted engineering of microbial strains and genomics research. It...
