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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

A Review on Bacterial Contribution to Lignocellulose Breakdown into Useful Bio-Products.

Ogechukwu Bose Chukwuma, Mohd Rafatullah, Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Norli Ismail

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ogechukwu Bose ChukwumaDivision of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-7668-2069
Mohd RafatullahDivision of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-4590-3153
Husnul Azan TajarudinDivision of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-7878-6072
Norli IsmailDivision of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discovering novel bacterial strains might be the link to unlocking the value in lignocellulosic bio-refinery as we strive to find alternative and cleaner sources of energy. Bacteria display promise in lignocellulolytic breakdown because of their innate ability to adapt and grow under both optimum and extreme conditions. This versatility of bacterial strains is being harnessed, with qualities like adapting to various temperature, aero tolerance, and nutrient availability driving the use of bacteria in bio-refinery studies. Their flexible nature holds exciting promise in biotechnology, but despite recent pointers to a greener edge in the pretreatment of lignocellulose biomass and lignocellulose-driven bioconversion to value-added products, the cost of adoption and subsequent scaling up industrially still pose challenges to their adoption. However, recent studies have seen the use of co-culture, co-digestion, and bioengineering to overcome identified setbacks to using bacterial strains to breakdown lignocellulose into its major polymers and then to useful products ranging from ethanol, enzymes, biodiesel, bioflocculants, and many others. In this review, research on bacteria involved in lignocellulose breakdown is reviewed and summarized to provide background for further research. Future perspectives are explored as bacteria have a role to play in the adoption of greener energy alternatives using lignocellulosic biomass.

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BiofuelsLigninBacteriaBiomassBiofuelsLigninlignocelluloseaerobic degradationanaerobic degradationbiodegradationbio-refineryextremophileslignocellulaseslignocellulolytic

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PMID34204975
PMCPMC8199887

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