New bioproduction systems for chemicals and fuels: Needs and new development

Publikationstyp
Review Article
Date Issued
2019-07
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Zeng, An-Ping  orcid-logo
Institut
Bioprozess- und Biosystemtechnik V-1  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/2750
Journal
Biotechnology advances  
Start Page
508
End Page
518
Citation
Biotechnology Advances 4 (37): 508-518 (2019-07)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.01.003
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85060087102
Currently used bioproduction systems for chemicals and fuels are primarily based on sugar-containing substrates. They have inherent limitations regarding substrate sustainability and affordability, product spectrum and yield, and costs for up- and downstream processing. To overcome some of these major burdens new bioproduction strategies and systems are being developed, including biorefinery, electro-biotechnology (use of electricity for biosynthesis)and C1 bioeconomy using synthetic biological systems based on C1 carbon feedstocks such as CO, CO2, methane, methanol and formic acid. In this article, the promises, development trends and challenges of these new bioproduction systems and concepts are briefly summarized and discussed.
More Funding Information
Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Germany) through the project BIOCHEM, Projektzeichen 031B0270.