Efficient Breakdown of Lignocellulose Using Mixed-Microbe Populations for Bioethanol Production.

Powell, A. J. ; Ricken, B. ; Murton, J.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Biofuels;    Ethanol;    Microbes;    Abundance;    Biomass;   

RP-ID  :  DE2010974402

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Developing efficient, environmentally benign and affordable technologies to produce advanced lignocellulosic biofuels sustainably will require transformational breakthroughs in biomass deconstruction. Applied, mission-oriented research into biotechnology-based strategies to produce biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstocks is critical to national security and economic recovery. A significant bottleneck in scalable lignocellulosic biofuels production is the need for novel, efficient enzyme systems that are robust to a diverse range of biomass pretreatment strategies. Arid land ecosystems (ALEs), such as those of the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in central New Mexico (NM) represent obvious extreme environments to mine for novel lignocellulolytic deconstruction technologies because the prevailing abiotic conditions are harsh and little organic C accumulates in soils.