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9. Application of Metabolic Engineering for Biofuel Production in Microorganisms

Author : Amirhossein Nazhand

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Publisher: Springer Singapore

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There are some intrinsic drawbacks with fossil fuels including non-renewability, susceptibility to geopolitical instabilities, and negative influences on universal environment and human health. Renewable microbial biomass can be an attractive substitute for fossil fuels in biofuel production, but it is associated with enormous technological difficulties. A large body of investigations concerns attempts to surmount such technical complications by assistance of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology techniques. These techniques design and construct effective biosynthetic pathways in suitable microorganisms and optimize them for high titers, production rate, and yields of biofuels. This chapter reviews recent developments in engineering cellular metabolism for the promotion of biofuel molecules (e.g., higher alcohols, isoprenoids, and fatty acids) and addresses the status quo and potential of biofuels in the future.

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Title: Application of Metabolic Engineering for Biofuel Production in Microorganisms
Author: Amirhossein Nazhand
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Substrate Analysis for Effective Biofuels Production
Print ISBN: 978-981-329-606-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-329-607-7

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9607-7_9