Production of carotenoids from aromatics and pretreated lignocellulosic biomass by Novosphingobium aromaticivorans.

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There is economic and environmental interest in generating commodity chemicals from renewable resources, such as lignocellulosic biomass, that can substitute for chemicals derived from fossil fuels. The bacterium Novosphingobium aromaticivorans is a promising microbial platform for producing commodity chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass because it can produce these from compounds in pretreated lignocellulosic biomass, which many industrial microbial catalysts cannot metabolize. Here, we show that N. aromaticivorans can be engineered to produce several valuable carotenoids. We also show that engineered N. aromaticivorans strains can produce these lipophilic chemicals concurrently with the extracellular commodity chemical 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic a

SUBMITTER: Hall BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734531 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature