Abstract
Cellulosic biomass represents a hugely abundant and renewable source of sugars which could potentially be used as a feedstock for fermentation processes to generate a variety of biofuels and chemical feedstocks. Many microorganisms can effectively degrade cellulosic biomass, using a battery of enzymes, but do not produce useful products. Attempts to engineer biomass-degrading ability into industrially useful hosts have met with only limited success to date. Synthetic biology is a new discipline at the interface of engineering and biology, which aims to enable rational re-engineering of biological systems. In this chapter we will discuss the progress of attempts to apply synthetic biology methods to the generation of recombinant systems which can convert biomass to useful products on an industrial scale.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New and Future Developments in Catalysis : Catalytic Biomass Conversion |
| Editors | Steven L. Suib |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 115-140 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780444538826 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Series | New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Catalytic Biomass Conversion |
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UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords
- Biomass
- Renewable
- Cellulose
- Enzymes
- Cellulase
- Recombinant
- Synthetic biology
- Biofuels
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