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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2014

Connecting lignin-degradation pathway with pre-treatment inhibitor sensitivity of Cupriavidus necator.

Wei Wang, Shihui Yang, Glendon B Hunsinger, Philip T Pienkos, David K Johnson

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei WangNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Biosciences Center Golden, CO, USA.
Shihui YangNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Bioenergy Center Golden, CO, USA.
Glendon B HunsingerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Bioenergy Center Golden, CO, USA.
Philip T PienkosNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Bioenergy Center Golden, CO, USA.
David K JohnsonNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, Biosciences Center Golden, CO, USA.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To produce lignocellulosic biofuels economically, the complete release of monomers from the plant cell wall components, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, through pre-treatment and hydrolysis (both enzymatic and chemical), and the efficient utilization of these monomers as carbon sources, is crucial. In addition, the identification and development of robust microbial biofuel production strains that can tolerate the toxic compounds generated during pre-treatment and hydrolysis is also essential. In this work, Cupriavidus necator was selected due to its capabilities for utilizing lignin monomers and producing polyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB), a bioplastic as well as an advanced biofuel intermediate. We characterized the growth kinetics of C. necator in pre-treated corn stover slurry as well as individually in the pre-sence of 11 potentially toxic compounds in the saccharified slurry. We found that C. necator was sensitive to the saccharified slurry produced from dilute acid pre-treated corn stover. Five out of 11 compounds within the slurry were characterized as toxic to C. necator, namely ammonium acetate, furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), benzoic acid, and p-coumaric acid. Aldehydes (e.g., furfural and HMF) were more toxic than the acetate and the lignin degradation products benzoic acid and p-coumaric acid; furfural was identified as the most toxic compound. Although toxic to C. necator at high concentration, ammonium acetate, benzoic acid, and p-coumaric acid could be utilized by C. necator with a stimulating effect on C. necator growth. Consequently, the lignin degradation pathway of C. necator was reconstructed based on genomic information and literature. The efficient conversion of intermediate catechol to downstream products of cis,cis-muconate or 2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde may help improve the robustness of C. necator to benzoic acid and p-coumaric acid as well as improve PHB productivity.

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biofuelCupriavidus necatordeacetylationgenomicslignin degradationpolyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB)pre-treatment inhibitorsaccharified slurry

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PMCPMC4034039
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