Metabolic engineering of for anaerobic isobutanol production.

Background: Biofuels and value-added biochemicals derived from renewable biomass via biochemical conversion have attracted considerable attention to meet global sustainable energy and environmental goals. Isobutanol is a four-carbon alcohol with many advantages that make it attractive as a fossil-fuel alternative. is a highly efficient, anaerobic, ethanologenic bacterium making it a promising industrial platform for use in a biorefinery.

Development of a high-productivity, halophilic, thermotolerant microalga .

Microalgae are promising biocatalysts for applications in sustainable fuel, food, and chemical production. Here, we describe culture collection screening, down-selection, and development of a high-productivity, halophilic, thermotolerant microalga, . This microalga displays a rapid growth rate and high diel biomass productivity (34 g m day), with a composition well-suited for downstream processing.

Prediction and characterization of promoters and ribosomal binding sites of in system biology era.

Background: is a model bacterial ethanologen with many systems biology studies reported. Besides lignocellulosic ethanol production, has been developed as a platform for biochemical production through metabolic engineering. However, identification and rigorous understanding of the genetic origins of cellular function, especially those based in non-coding region of DNA, such as promoters and ribosomal binding sites (RBSs), are still in its infancy.