Better understanding could lead to more cost-effective production of cellulosic biofuels.
Recycling waste from biofuel production could lower cost for future biorefineries.
A novel E. coli fatty acid biosynthesis system could more efficiently convert biomass to desired products.
Identifying enzyme instigators will speed the ability to manipulate plant cell wall structures for renewable feedstocks.
Study reports first significant alcohol production by an archaeon.
Discovery of a new enzyme system sheds further light on a microbe’s ability to efficiently break down inedible plant matter for conversion to biofuels and biobased chemicals.
Researchers develop a new process for annotating cellulose-degrading enzymes.
Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process.
Strains produce “drop-in” fuels and chemicals derived from fatty acids.
New lipid droplet–associated proteins found in fruit’s oil-rich tissues.
Microbe found to use two biochemical pathways for degrading lignin.
Research points to more efficient and lower cost routes to high-yield biomass-derived renewable fuels.
