Developing Rhodococcus opacus and Sphingobium sp. coculture systems for valorization of lignin‐derived dimers

Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion

(2022) Erika Erickson et al.   Nature Catalysis

Synthetic co-cultures: novel avenues for bio-based processes

(2021) Martijn Diender et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Intracellular pathways for lignin catabolism in white-rot fungi

(2021) Carlos del Cerro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida for production of vanillylamine from lignin‐derived substrates

(2021) João Heitor Colombelli Manfrão‐Netto et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

LsdD has a critical role in the dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol catabolism among eight lignostilbene α,β-dioxygenase isozymes in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

(2021) Naofumi Kamimura et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

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

(2021) Gerald N. Presley 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

An Improved CRISPR Interference Tool to Engineer Rhodococcus opacus

(2021) Drew M. DeLorenzo et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin

(2021) Elena Subbotina et al.   Nature Chemistry

Valorization of lignin components into gallate by integrated biological hydroxylation, O-demethylation, and aryl side-chain oxidation

(2021) Chenggu Cai et al.   Science Advances

Deciphering the metabolic distribution of vanillin in Rhodococcus opacus during lignin valorization

(2021) Huarong Zhou et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Development of a Rhodococcus opacus Cell Factory for Valorizing Lignin to Muconate

(2020) Chenggu Cai et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Bacterial enzymes for lignin depolymerisation: new biocatalysts for generation of renewable chemicals from biomass

(2020) Timothy D.H. Bugg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Engineering budding yeast for the production of coumarins from lignin

(2020) Chen-Hui Zhao et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Emerging Strategies for Modifying Lignin Chemistry to Enhance Biological Lignin Valorization

(2020) Zhi-Min Zhao et al.   ChemSusChem

A heterogeneous microbial consortium producing short-chain fatty acids from lignocellulose

(2020) Robert L. Shahab et al.   SCIENCE

New Opportunities in the Valorization of Technical Lignins

(2020) Mikhail Yu. Balakshin et al.   ChemSusChem

Roles of two glutathione S-transferases in the final step of the β-aryl ether cleavage pathway in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

(2020) Yudai Higuchi et al.   Scientific Reports

A field of dreams: Lignin valorization into chemicals, materials, fuels, and health-care products

(2019) Judith Becker et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Alkane and wax ester production from lignin‐related aromatic compounds

(2019) Milla Salmela et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Mechanism‐Guided Design of Highly Efficient Protein Secretion and Lipid Conversion for Biomanufacturing and Biorefining

(2019) Shangxian Xie et al.   Advanced Science

Breaking the Limit of Lignin Monomer Production via Cleavage of Interunit Carbon–Carbon Linkages

(2019) Lin Dong et al.   Chem

Engineering of an oleaginous bacterium for the production of fatty acids and fuels

(2019) Hye Mi Kim et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

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

Metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida for increased polyhydroxyalkanoate production from lignin

(2019) Davinia Salvachúa et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Combinatorial pretreatment and fermentation optimization enabled a record yield on lignin bioconversion

(2018) Zhi-Hua Liu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Bright Side of Lignin Depolymerization: Toward New Platform Chemicals

(2018) Zhuohua Sun et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Enabling the valorization of guaiacol-based lignin: Integrated chemical and biochemical production of cis , cis -muconic acid using metabolically engineered Amycolatopsis sp ATCC 39116

(2018) Nadja Barton et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

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

(2018) Judith Becker et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

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

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

Chemical Transformations of Poplar Lignin during Cosolvent Enhanced Lignocellulosic Fractionation Process

(2018) Xianzhi Meng et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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

Synthetic Biology Tools to Engineer Microbial Communities for Biotechnology

(2018) Nicholas S. McCarty et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Advances in microbial lignin degradation and its applications

(2018) Naofumi Kamimura et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignocellulose pretreatment in a fungus-cultivating termite

(2017) Hongjie Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological valorization strategies for converting lignin into fuels and chemicals

(2017) Zhu Chen et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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

Development of Chemical and Metabolite Sensors for Rhodococcus opacus PD630

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

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

Lipid Production from Dilute Alkali Corn Stover Lignin by Rhodococcus Strains

(2017) Yucai He 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

Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis

(2016) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biological valorization of low molecular weight lignin

(2016) Omar Y. Abdelaziz et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Lignin depolymerization by fungal secretomes and a microbial sink

(2016) Davinia Salvachúa et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

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

(2016) Aki Yoneda et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

Membrane-Associated Glucose-Methanol-Choline Oxidoreductase Family Enzymes PhcC and PhcD Are Essential for Enantioselective Catabolism of Dehydrodiconiferyl Alcohol

(2015) Kenji Takahashi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2015) Kazuhiko Kurosawa et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Reductive lignocellulose fractionation into soluble lignin-derived phenolic monomers and dimers and processable carbohydrate pulps

(2015) S. Van den Bosch et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Adipic acid production from lignin

(2015) Derek R. Vardon et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria

(2015) Davinia Salvachúa et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

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

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

Isolation of Functionalized Phenolic Monomers through Selective Oxidation and CO Bond Cleavage of the β-O-4 Linkages in Lignin

(2014) Christopher S. Lancefield et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Analysis of functionalized arenes degradation pathways in model water-organic media

(2014) A. S. Lebedev et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2014) Kenji Takahashi et al.   BIODEGRADATION

From Gene Towards Selective Biomass Valorization: Bacterial β-Etherases with Catalytic Activity on Lignin-Like Polymers

(2014) Pere Picart et al.   ChemSusChem

Stereochemical Features of Glutathione-dependent Enzymes in theSphingobiumsp. Strain SYK-6 β-Aryl Etherase Pathway

(2014) Daniel L. Gall et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

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

Monolignol Ferulate Transferase Introduces Chemically Labile Linkages into the Lignin Backbone

(2014) C. G. Wilkerson et al.   SCIENCE

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

Improving base catalyzed lignin depolymerization by avoiding lignin repolymerization

(2013) Ana Toledano et al.   FUEL

Enzymatic cleavage of lignin β-O-4 aryl ether bonds via net internal hydrogen transfer

(2013) Jochen Reiter et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Lignin to lipid bioconversion by oleaginous Rhodococci

(2013) Matyas Kosa et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Design and characterization of synthetic fungal-bacterial consortia for direct production of isobutanol from cellulosic biomass

(2013) Jeremy J. Minty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads

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

Characterization of FerC, a MarR-type transcriptional regulator, involved in transcriptional regulation of the ferulate catabolic operon in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

(2012) Daisuke Kasai et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Characterization of the Third GlutathioneS-Transferase Gene Involved in Enantioselective Cleavage of the β-Aryl Ether bySphingobiumsp. Strain SYK-6

(2011) Kazuyuki TANAMURA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Pathways for degradation of lignin in bacteria and fungi

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

Methoxyl groups of lignin are essential carbon donors in C1 metabolism of Sphingobium sp. SYK-6

(2010) Tomonori Sonoki et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Three Alcohol Dehydrogenase Genes Involved in the Stereospecific Catabolism of Arylglycerol- -Aryl Ether by Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6

(2009) Y. Sato et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY