Unlocking the potential of insect and ruminant host symbionts for recycling of lignocellulosic carbon with a biorefinery approach: a review

dc.contributor.authorRajeswari, Gunasekaran
dc.contributor.authorJacob, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorChandel, Anuj Kumar
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Vinod
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-16T15:23:01Z
dc.date.available2021-06-16T15:23:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-27
dc.description.abstractUprising fossil fuel depletion and deterioration of ecological reserves supply have led to the search for alternative renewable and sustainable energy sources and chemicals. Although first generation biorefinery is quite successful commercially in generating bulk of biofuels globally, the food versus fuel debate has necessitated the use of non-edible feedstocks, majorly waste biomass, for second generation production of biofuels and chemicals. A diverse class of microbes and enzymes are being exploited for biofuels production for a series of treatment process, however, the conversion efficiency of wide range of lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) and consolidated way of processing remains challenging. There were lot of research efforts in the past decade to scour for potential microbial candidate. In this context, evolution has developed the gut microbiota of several insects and ruminants that are potential LCB degraders host eco-system to overcome its host nutritional constraints, where LCB processed by microbiomes pretends to be a promising candidate. Synergistic microbial symbionts could make a significant contribution towards recycling the renewable carbon from distinctly abundant recalcitrant LCB. Several studies have assessed the bioprospection of innumerable gut symbionts and their lignocellulolytic enzymes for LCB degradation. Though, some reviews exist on molecular characterization of gut microbes, but none of them has enlightened the microbial community design coupled with various LCB valorization which intensifies the microbial diversity in biofuels application. This review provides a deep insight into the significant breakthroughs attained in enrichment strategy of gut microbial community and its molecular characterization techniques which aids in understanding the holistic microbial community dynamics. Special emphasis is placed on gut microbial role in LCB depolymerization strategies to lignocellulolytic enzymes production and its functional metagenomic data mining eventually generating the sugar platform for biofuels and renewable chemicals production.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationRajeswari G, Jacob S, Chandel AK, Kumar V. (2021) Unlocking the potential of insect and ruminant host symbionts for recycling of lignocellulosic carbon with a biorefinery approach: a review. Microbial Cell Factories, Volume 20, May 2021, Article number 107en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1475-2859
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-021-01597-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16775
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBMC (part of Springer Nature)en_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectBiofuelsen_UK
dc.subjectLignocellulolytic enzymesen_UK
dc.subjectRecyclingen_UK
dc.subjectDepolymerizationen_UK
dc.subjectRenewable carbonen_UK
dc.subjectMicrobial community enrichmenten_UK
dc.subjectGut symbiontsen_UK
dc.titleUnlocking the potential of insect and ruminant host symbionts for recycling of lignocellulosic carbon with a biorefinery approach: a reviewen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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