Thermophiles: potential chassis for lignocellulosic biorefinery

• Published in: Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 643 - 646
• Main Authors: Jiang, Yujia, Jiang, Wankui, Xin, Fengxue, Zhang, Wenming, Jiang, Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acids; Bacteria; Biomass; Biorefineries; biorefining; biotechnology; By products; Cellulase; Cellulose; consolidated bioprocessing; Design; Efficiency; Engineering; Enzymes; Ethanol; Evolution & development; Fungi; Genomes; hydrolysis; Internal Medicine; Lignin; Lignocellulose; lignocellulosic biorefinery; Membrane reactors; Metabolism; microbial consortium; Microorganisms; Refining; thermophile; Thermophiles; lignocellulosic biorefinery; consolidated bioprocessing; thermophile; microbial consortium

Lignocellulosic thermophiles can speed up lignocellulose hydrolysis and promote efficient degradation, but limited genetic tools and heavy metabolic burden narrow the spectrum of potential products. Constructing synthetic microbial consortia is a potential strategy to address this bottleneck and imp...