Microbial lipid-based lignocellulosic biorefinery: feasibility and challenges

Highlights • We review current biorefinery technologies for producing oil from oleaginous microbes. • We discuss the current bottlenecks impeding economic production of SCO. • We propose strategies and methods to surmount the economic bottlenecks.

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Published in:Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) 2015-01, Vol.33 (1), p.43-54
Main Authors: Jin, Mingjie, Slininger, Patricia J, Dien, Bruce S, Waghmode, Suresh, Moser, Bryan R, Orjuela, Andrea, Sousa, Leonardo da Costa, Balan, Venkatesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algae
Bacteria
Bacteria - metabolism
Biofuels
Biomass
Biorefineries
biorefinery
Biosynthetic Pathways
Biotechnology - methods
Carbon
Cellulase
Cellulose
Fermentation
Glucose
Glycerol
Internal Medicine
Lignin
Lignin - chemistry
Lignin - metabolism
Lignocellulose
lignocellulosic lipids
Lipids
Lipids - biosynthesis
Lipids - chemistry
Microalgae - metabolism
microbial lipids
Microorganisms
Models, Biological
Raw materials
single-cell oil
Yeast
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Summary:Highlights • We review current biorefinery technologies for producing oil from oleaginous microbes. • We discuss the current bottlenecks impeding economic production of SCO. • We propose strategies and methods to surmount the economic bottlenecks.
ISSN:0167-7799
1879-3096
DOI:10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.11.005