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ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2026

Exploring archaeal resources for biomass-derived pentose utilization: pathways, extremozymes, and bioprocessing applications.

Zixuan Wan, Meng Liao, Longqing Wang, Hongtao Bi, Chunjie Gong

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Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zixuan WanKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, PR China.
Meng LiaoKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, PR China.
Longqing WangKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, PR China.
Hongtao BiQinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China.
Chunjie GongKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, PR China. gongcj606@163.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-6342

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Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology 2025-ZY-01the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32570149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, energy scarcity and the demand for sustainable carbon resources have increased interest in the conversion of biomass-derived sugars. Compared with hexoses, plant-derived pentoses, especially xylose and arabinose, are still inefficiently utilized by many microorganisms. This limitation reduces the conversion efficiency of biomass resources and highlights the need to explore new microbial pathways for pentose transformation. With the development of genomic sequencing, many previously unknown archaeal lineages have been identified from microbial dark matter, providing new opportunities to discover unconventional metabolic pathways and enzymes. Recent advances in biotechnology have further highlighted the potential of archaea in the utilization of plant pentoses. In this review, we summarize current progress in plant pentose utilization by archaea, focusing on the metabolism of xylose and arabinose. We also discuss the major metabolic pathways, key enzymes, and regulatory features involved in archaeal pentose conversion. Finally, the potential applications of archaeal pentose metabolism in industrial biotechnology, biomass conversion, and bioproduct synthesis are discussed.

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ArchaeaPentosesArabinoseBiomassBiotechnologyMetabolic Networks and PathwaysXyloseArabinosePentosesXyloseArabinoseArchaeaBiomass conversionIndustrial biotechnologyPentose metabolismXylose

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