Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have found an enzyme from the Amazon fungus Trichoderma harzianum to be capable of breaking down biomass into sugars for subsequent fermentation into biofuels and chemicals.
Engineered yeast converts toxin aldehydes from hydrolysed lignocellulosic feedstock into alcohol [Full subscriber]
In the production of cellulosic biofuels, breaking down lignocellulosic feedstock to produce fermentable sugars releases numerous by-products that are toxic to yeast most commonly used to produce biofuels. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have engineered yeast to convert toxic cellulosic by-product aldehydes into alcohols.
CAZymes from Parascedosporium putredinis paves way for reducing processing costs for cellulosic biofuels [Full subscriber]
Researchers – led by the University of York in collaboration with the US Dept of Energy’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and the University of Wisconsin have discovered an enzyme in a fungus that can act as a catalyst to break down lignocellulose.
Efficient and sustainable cellulosic biofuels production via novel laser technique [Full subscriber]
Production of cellulosic biofuels is a complex process requiring separation of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin from lignonocellulosic feedstocks and then hydrolysing the former two to produce sugars which are then fermented into alcohol. Researchers from Japan have developed a new laser technique for breaking up cellulose with ease to facilitate cellulosic biofuels production.
Brazilian researchers have developed high performing enzyme cocktail mix to hydrolyse cane bagasse for cellulosic biofuels [Full subscriber]
Brazilian researchers from Embrapa Agroenergia and the Sugarcane Technology Center (CTC) have developed an enzyme cocktail supporting competitive production of cellulosic ethanol from cane bagasse and crop residues. The patented […]
Combination of eutectic solvents and genetic engineering advances cellulosic biofuels production [Registered]
the international team of researchers led by The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a process that leverages the genetic engineering of lignin and bio-derived deep eutectic solvents (DESs).
Production of cellulosic biofuels advanced by pre-treatment with ammonium-salt [Full subscriber]
Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed a new pre-treatment process that could make it much cheaper to produce cellulosic biofuels.
Customising engineered microbes to improve the economics of cellulosic biofuels production [Registered]
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a method to insert genes into a variety of microorganisms that previously would not accept foreign DNA, with the goal of creating custom microbes to break down lignocellulosic feedstocks into cellulosic sugars and subsequently ferment them. Dubbed “consolidated bioprocessing” (CBP), this approach improves the economics of biofuels production.
Poland – Clariant licenses its sunliquid® technology for commercial-scale production of cellulosic ethanol [Full subscriber]
Clariant has licensed its sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol plant technology to Polish fuel company Orlen, the Swiss specialty chemicals maker said on 20th September.
Molecular simulations reveal the effectiveness of THF in disentangling lignin from lignocellulosic feedstocks [Registered]
In the production of cellulosic biofuels breaking down lignocellulosic feedstocks into C5 and C6 sugars is a major challenge. In a leap forward that could be a game-changer for understanding how plant biomass can be more efficiently broken down, researchers from the University of California (UC), Riverside, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Central Florida have created a chemical roadmap to disentangle the complex polymer lignin from cellulose and hemicellulose.
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