Microbial assimilation of lignin-derived aromatic compounds and conversion to value-added products

Approaches to genetic tool development for rapid domestication of non-model microorganisms

(2021) Lauren A. Riley et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Metabolic engineering of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 for production of pyridine-dicarboxylic acids from lignin

(2021) Edward M. Spence et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Synthetic Biology towards Engineering Microbial Lignin Biotransformation

(2021) Allison L. Yaguchi et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pathway discovery and engineering for cleavage of a β-1 lignin-derived biaryl compound

(2021) Gerald N. Presley et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Metabolism of syringyl lignin-derived compounds in Pseudomonas putida enables convergent production of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid

(2021) Sandra Notonier et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Production of itaconic acid from alkali pretreated lignin by dynamic two stage bioconversion

(2021) Joshua R. Elmore et al.   Nature Communications

Computationally Prospecting Potential Pathways from Lignin Monomers and Dimers toward Aromatic Compounds

(2021) Lin Wang et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Engineering Pseudomonas putida for efficient aromatic conversion to bioproduct using high throughput screening in a bioreactor

(2021) Thomas Eng et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Oxidative Catabolism of (+)-Pinoresinol Is Initiated by an Unusual Flavocytochrome Encoded by Translationally Coupled Genes within a Cluster of (+)-Pinoresinol-Coinduced Genes in Pseudomonas sp. Strain SG-MS2

(2020) Madhura Shettigar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Applying statistical design of experiments (DOE) to understanding the effect of growth media components on Cupriavidus necator H16 growth

(2020) Christopher C. Azubuike et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Exploring the Lignin Catabolism Potential of Soil-Derived Lignocellulolytic Microbial Consortia by a Gene-Centric Metagenomic Approach

(2020) Laura Díaz-García et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Characterization of alkylguaiacol-degrading cytochromes P450 for the biocatalytic valorization of lignin

(2020) Morgan M. Fetherolf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Fast determination of lignocellulosic composition of poplar biomass by thermogravimetry

(2019) Filipe Rego et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Population-level approaches reveal novel aspects of lignin biosynthesis, content, composition and structure

(2019) Gerald A Tuskan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin structure and its engineering

(2019) John Ralph et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Modular Engineering of Biomass Degradation Pathways

(2019) Julie E. Chaves et al.   Processes

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

(2019) Winston E. Anthony et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Discovery of novel enzyme genes involved in the conversion of an arylglycerol-β-aryl ether metabolite and their use in generating a metabolic pathway for lignin valorization

(2019) Yudai Higuchi et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Genetic Selection for Small Molecule Production in Competitive Microfluidic Droplets

(2019) Larry J. Millet et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Lignin-KMC: A Toolkit for Simulating Lignin Biosynthesis

(2019) Michael Orella et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Horizontal transfer of a pathway for coumarate catabolism unexpectedly inhibits purine nucleotide biosynthesis

(2019) Dan M. Close et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Chemicals from lignin: an interplay of lignocellulose fractionation, depolymerisation, and upgrading

(2018) W. Schutyser et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Thermochemical wastewater valorization via enhanced microbial toxicity tolerance

(2018) Lahiru N. Jayakody et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Two novel decarboxylase genes play a key role in the stereospecific catabolism of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

(2018) Kenji Takahashi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Novosphingobium aromaticivoransuses a Nu-class glutathioneS-transferase as a glutathione lyase in breaking the β-aryl ether bond of lignin

(2018) Wayne S. Kontur et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

From lignin to nylon: Cascaded chemical and biochemical conversion using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida

(2018) Michael Kohlstedt et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Layered dynamic regulation for improving metabolic pathway productivity inEscherichia coli

(2018) Stephanie J. Doong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toward engineeringE. coliwith an autoregulatory system for lignin valorization

(2018) Weihua Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In Situ Lignin Bioconversion Promotes Complete Carbohydrate Conversion of Rice Straw by Cupriavidus basilensis B-8

(2018) Mengying Si et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Bacterial Catabolism of β-Hydroxypropiovanillone and β-Hydroxypropiosyringone Produced in the Reductive Cleavage of Arylglycerol-β-Aryl Ether in Lignin

(2018) Yudai Higuchi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

DdvK, a Novel Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter Essential for 5,5′-Dehydrodivanillate Uptake by Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6

(2018) Kosuke Mori et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

A heterodimeric glutathione S-transferase that stereospecifically breaks lignin’s β(R)-aryl ether bond reveals the diversity of bacterial β-etherases

(2018) Wayne S. Kontur et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Metabolism of aromatics by Trichosporon oleaginosus while remaining oleaginous

(2017) Allison Yaguchi et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatics: New findings in a recent decade: Update on bacterial lignin catabolism

(2017) Naofumi Kamimura et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Glucose-Free cis,cis-Muconic Acid Production via New Metabolic Designs Corresponding to the Heterogeneity of Lignin

(2017) Tomonori Sonoki et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Base-Catalyzed Depolymerization of Solid Lignin-Rich Streams Enables Microbial Conversion

(2017) Alberto Rodriguez et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

cis,cis-Muconic acid: separation and catalysis to bio-adipic acid for nylon-6,6 polymerization

(2016) Derek R. Vardon et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Decoding how a soil bacterium extracts building blocks and metabolic energy from ligninolysis provides road map for lignin valorization

(2016) Arul M. Varman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

EcoFlex: A Multifunctional MoClo Kit for E. coli Synthetic Biology

(2016) Simon J. Moore et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Improving Metabolic Pathway Efficiency by Statistical Model-Based Multivariate Regulatory Metabolic Engineering

(2016) Peng Xu et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Fractionation of corn stover into cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin using a series of ionic liquids

(2015) Peng Zhang et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

Aromatic catabolic pathway selection for optimal production of pyruvate and lactate from lignin

(2015) Christopher W. Johnson et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Tricin, a Flavonoid Monomer in Monocot Lignification

(2015) Wu Lan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Highly Characterized Yeast Toolkit for Modular, Multipart Assembly

(2015) Michael E. Lee et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Characterization of the catabolic pathway for a phenylcoumaran-type lignin-derived biaryl in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

(2014) Kenji Takahashi et al.   BIODEGRADATION

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

Metagenomic scaffolds enable combinatorial lignin transformation

(2014) C. R. Strachan 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

Lignin to lipid bioconversion by oleaginous Rhodococci

(2013) Matyas Kosa et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads

(2012) Y. Fukuhara et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

A polymer of caffeyl alcohol in plant seeds

(2012) F. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release

(2011) M. H. Studer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA