Development of Rhodococcus opacus as a chassis for lignin valorization and bioproduction of high-value compounds

Discovery of potential pathways for biological conversion of poplar wood into lipids by co-fermentation of Rhodococci strains

(2019) Xiaolu Li et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Bacterial conversion of depolymerized Kraft lignin

(2019) Krithika Ravi et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Is it really the end of internal combustion engines and petroleum in transport?

(2018) Gautam Kalghatgi   APPLIED ENERGY

Understanding Excess Emissions from Industrial Facilities: Evidence from Texas

(2018) Nikolaos Zirogiannis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Current and Future United States Light-Duty Vehicle Pathways: Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Assessment

(2018) Amgad Elgowainy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Enhanced production of carotenoids and lipids by Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2018) Tharatron Suwaleerat et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of cis, cis-muconic acid from lignin

(2018) Judith Becker et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Rhodococcus bacteria as a promising source of oils from olive mill wastes

(2018) O. Marisa Herrero et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Selection of stable reference genes for RT-qPCR in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2018) Drew M. DeLorenzo et al.   Scientific Reports

Characterization of a Novel Tectivirus Phage Toil and Its Potential as an Agent for Biolipid Extraction

(2018) Jason J. Gill et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular Toolkit for Gene Expression Control and Genome Modification in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2018) Drew M. DeLorenzo et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Empirical equations and economical study for blending biofuel with petroleum jet fuel

(2018) M.I. ElGalad et al.   Journal of Advanced Research

Genome-based analysis for the identification of genes involved in o-xylene degradation in Rhodococcus opacus R7

(2018) Alessandra Di Canito et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Multi-omic elucidation of aromatic catabolism in adaptively evolved Rhodococcus opacus

(2018) William R. Henson et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

A review on the pretreatment of lignocellulose for high-value chemicals

(2017) Hongyan Chen et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Rewiring neutral lipids production for the de novo synthesis of wax esters in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2017) Mariana P. Lanfranconi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Construction of a BioBrick™ compatible vector system for Rhodococcus

(2017) James Ellinger et al.   PLASMID

Directed bioconversion of Kraft lignin to polyhydroxyalkanoate by Cupriavidus basilensis B-8 without any pretreatment

(2017) Yan Shi et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Conversion of corn stover alkaline pre-treatment waste streams into biodiesel via Rhodococci

(2017) Rosemary K. Le et al.   RSC Advances

Development of Chemical and Metabolite Sensors for Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2017) Drew M. DeLorenzo et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Lipid Production from Dilute Alkali Corn Stover Lignin by Rhodococcus Strains

(2017) Yucai He et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Advanced Chemical Design for Efficient Lignin Bioconversion

(2017) Shangxian Xie et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Programmable transcriptional repression in mycobacteria using an orthogonal CRISPR interference platform

(2017) Jeremy M. Rock et al.   Nature Microbiology

Synthetic promoter design for new microbial chassis

(2016) J. Gilman et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Boosting fatty acid synthesis in Rhodococcus opacus PD630 by overexpression of autologous thioesterases

(2016) Luxuan Huang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Designer lignins: harnessing the plasticity of lignification

(2016) Yaseen Mottiar et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

(2016) Gregg T Beckham et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Synergistic enzymatic and microbial lignin conversion

(2016) Cheng Zhao et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Beta-ketoadipic acid and muconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound through the protocatechuate 3,4-metabolic pathway

(2016) Yuriko Okamura-Abe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Physiological and genetic differences amongst Rhodococcus species for using glycerol as a source for growth and triacylglycerol production

(2016) O. Marisa Herrero et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Comparative transcriptomics elucidates adaptive phenol tolerance and utilization in lipid-accumulatingRhodococcus opacusPD630

(2016) Aki Yoneda et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Direct Combinatorial Pathway Optimization

(2016) Pieter Coussement et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Microbial lipid production by oleaginous Rhodococci cultured in lignocellulosic autohydrolysates

(2015) Zhen Wei et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic pretreatment effluent via oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus DSM 1069

(2015) Tyrone Wells et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Rapid metabolic analysis of Rhodococcus opacus PD630 via parallel 13 C-metabolite fingerprinting

(2015) Whitney D. Hollinshead et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Tolerance and adaptive evolution of triacylglycerol-producing Rhodococcus opacus to lignocellulose-derived inhibitors

(2015) Kazuhiko Kurosawa et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Continuous succinic acid production by Actinobacillus succinogenes on xylose-enriched hydrolysate

(2015) Michael F. A. Bradfield et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Improved glycerol utilization by a triacylglycerol-producing Rhodococcus opacus strain for renewable fuels

(2015) Kazuhiko Kurosawa et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Whey as a renewable source for lipid production byRhodococcusstrains: Physiology and genomics of lactose and galactose utilization

(2015) O. Marisa Herrero et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bioconversion of oxygen-pretreated Kraft lignin to microbial lipid with oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus DSM 1069

(2015) Zhen Wei et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Biocatalytic conversion of lignin to aromatic dicarboxylic acids in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 by re-routing aromatic degradation pathways

(2015) Zoe Mycroft et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Engineering l -arabinose metabolism in triacylglycerol-producing Rhodococcus opacus for lignocellulosic fuel production

(2015) Kazuhiko Kurosawa et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ethers: A Key Step in Lignin Valorization to Valuable Chemicals

(2015) Muhammad Zaheer et al.   ACS Catalysis

Pyrolysis Oil-Based Lipid Production as Biodiesel Feedstock by Rhodococcus opacus

(2014) Zhen Wei et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cultivation of lipid-producing bacteria with lignocellulosic biomass: Effects of inhibitory compounds of lignocellulosic hydrolysates

(2014) Baixin Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Production of Clean Pyrolytic Sugars for Fermentation

(2014) Marjorie R. Rover et al.   ChemSusChem

Enhancement of protocatechuate decarboxylase activity for the effective production of muconate from lignin-related aromatic compounds

(2014) Tomonori Sonoki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin valorization through integrated biological funneling and chemical catalysis

(2014) J. G. Linger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Improving fatty acids production by engineering dynamic pathway regulation and metabolic control

(2014) P. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

(2014) A. J. Ragauskas et al.   SCIENCE

Bridging the Chemical and Biological Catalysis Gap: Challenges and Outlooks for Producing Sustainable Chemicals

(2014) Thomas J. Schwartz et al.   ACS Catalysis

Breaking Down Lignin to High-Value Chemicals: The Conversion of Lignocellulose to Vanillin in a Gene Deletion Mutant of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

(2013) Paul D. Sainsbury et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Saccharification of Cellulose by Recombinant Rhodococcus opacus PD630 Strains

(2013) Stephan Hetzler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Establishment of Cellobiose Utilization for Lipid Production in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2013) Stephan Hetzler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Developments in crops and management systems to improve lignocellulosic feedstock production

(2013) Bruce Coulman et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Review of US and EU initiatives toward development, demonstration, and commercialization of lignocellulosic biofuels

(2013) Venkatesh Balan et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Engineering xylose metabolism in triacylglycerol-producing Rhodococcus opacus for lignocellulosic fuel production

(2013) Kazuhiko Kurosawa et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Green and sustainable manufacture of chemicals from biomass: state of the art

(2013) Roger A. Sheldon   GREEN CHEMISTRY

CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) for sequence-specific control of gene expression

(2013) Matthew H Larson et al.   Nature Protocols

Integrated omics study delineates the dynamics of lipid droplets in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2013) Y. Chen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Engineering of a Xylose Metabolic Pathway in Rhodococcus Strains

(2012) Xiaochao Xiong et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biosynthesis ofcis,cis-Muconic Acid and Its Aromatic Precursors, Catechol and Protocatechuic Acid, from Renewable Feedstocks by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2012) Christian Weber et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The atf2 gene is involved in triacylglycerol biosynthesis and accumulation in the oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2012) Martín A. Hernández et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Multi-catalysis reactions: new prospects and challenges of biotechnology to valorize lignin

(2012) Christoph A. Gasser et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pathways for degradation of lignin in bacteria and fungi

(2011) Timothy D. H. Bugg et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Comparative and Functional Genomics of Rhodococcus opacus PD630 for Biofuels Development

(2011) Jason W. Holder et al.   PLoS Genetics

Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation for Biomass Processing: Research Strategies and Goals

(2010) Dionisios G. Vlachos et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

The Catalytic Valorization of Lignin for the Production of Renewable Chemicals

(2010) Joseph Zakzeski et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

High-cell-density batch fermentation of Rhodococcus opacus PD630 using a high glucose concentration for triacylglycerol production

(2010) Kazuhiko Kurosawa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin Biosynthesis and Structure

(2010) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Bioethanol, biohydrogen and biogas production from wheat straw in a biorefinery concept

(2009) Prasad Kaparaju et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from the Gram-positive Rhodococcus opacus 1CP: Quantitative structure/activity relationship and the crystal structures of native enzyme and catechols adducts

(2009) Irene Matera et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Cellulosic Biofuels--Got Gasoline?

(2009) J. R. Regalbuto   SCIENCE

Biomass pyrolysis: a state-of-the-art review

(2008) B. V. Babu   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Biodegradation potential of the genus Rhodococcus

(2008) L MARTINKOVA et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Cloning and characterization of a gene involved in triacylglycerol biosynthesis and identification of additional homologous genes in the oleaginous bacterium Rhodococcus opacus PD630

(2008) A. F. Alvarez et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Compositional characterization and imaging of “wall-bound” acylesters of Populus trichocarpa reveal differential accumulation of acyl molecules in normal and reactive woods

(2008) Jin-Ying Gou et al.   PLANTA

The new forestry biofuels sector

(2007) Yunqiao Pu et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr