Biorefinery: The Production of Isobutanol from Biomass Feedstocks
Author: Su, Yide; Zhang, Weiwei; Zhang, Aili; Shao, Wenju. 2020.
Publication: Applied Sciences 2020, Vol. 10, Page 8222
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Abstract
Environmental issues have prompted the vigorous development of biorefineries that use agricultural waste and other biomass feedstock as raw materials. However, most current biorefinery products are cellulosic ethanol. There is an urgent need for biorefineries to expand into new bioproducts. Isobutanol is an important bulk chemical with properties that are close to gasoline, making it a very promising biofuel. The use of microorganisms to produce isobutanol has been extensively studied, but there is still a considerable gap to achieving the industrial production of isobutanol from biomass. This review summarizes current metabolic engineering strategies that have been applied to biomass isobutanol production and recent advances in the production of isobutanol from different biomass feedstocks.
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Su Y, Zhang W, Zhang A, Shao W. Biorefinery: The Production of Isobutanol from Biomass Feedstocks. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(22):8222.https://doi.org/10.3390/app10228222
