Microbial production host selection for converting second-generation feedstocks into bioproducts

Microbial production host selection for converting second-generation feedstocks into bioproducts

BACKGROUND Increasingly lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates are used as the feedstock for industrial fermentations. These biomass hydrolysates are complex mixtures of different fermentable sugars, but also inhibitors and salts that affect the performance of the microbial production host. The performance of six industrially relevant microorganisms, i.e. two bacteria (Escherichia coli and Coryne...

Microbial Biodiesel Production - Oil Feedstocks Produced from Microbial Cell Cultivations

Lignocellulosic agriculture wastes as biomass feedstocks for second-generation bioethanol production: concepts and recent developments

Production of liquid biofuels, such as bioethanol, has been advocated as a sustainable option to tackle the problems associated with rising crude oil prices, global warming and diminishing petroleum reserves. Second-generation bioethanol is produced from lignocellulosic feedstock by its saccharification, followed by microbial fermentation and product recovery. Agricultural residues generated as...

Automated Mapping Generation for Converting Databases into Linked Data

Most of the data on the Web is stored in relational databases. In order to make the Semantic Web grow we need to provide easy-to-use tools to convert those databases into linked data, so that even people with little knowledge of the semantic web can use them. Some programs able to convert relational databases into RDF files have been developed, but the user still has to link manually the databa...

Bovine Host Genetic Variation Influences Rumen Microbial Methane Production with Best Selection Criterion for Low Methane Emitting and Efficiently Feed Converting Hosts Based on Metagenomic Gene Abundance.

Methane produced by methanogenic archaea in ruminants contributes significantly to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The host genetic link controlling microbial methane production is unknown and appropriate genetic selection strategies are not developed. We used sire progeny group differences to estimate the host genetic influence on rumen microbial methane production in a factorial exper...