Isolation of a genetically accessible thermophilic xylan degrading bacterium from compost.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the finite nature of global oil resources we are now faced with the challenge of finding renewable resources to produce fuels and chemicals in the future. Lactic acid has great potential as a precursor for the production of bioplastics alternatives to conventional plastics. Efficient lactic acid fermentation from non-food lignocellulosic substrates requires pretreatment and saccharification to generate fermentable sugars. A fermentation process that requires little to no enzyme additions, i.e. consolidated bioprocessing would be preferred and requires lactic acid-producing organisms that have cellulolytic and/or hemicellulolytic activity.

Results

To obtain candidate production strains we have enriched and isolated facultative anaerobic (hemi) cellulolytic b

SUBMITTER: Daas MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053077 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature