Multiple levers for overcoming the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass

Abstract Background The recalcitrance of cellulosic biomass is widely recognized as a key barrier to cost-effective biological processing to fuels and chemicals, but the relative impacts of physical, chemical and genetic interventions to improve biomass processing singly and in combination have yet...

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Main Authors: Evert K. Holwerda, Robert S. Worthen, Ninad Kothari, Ronald C. Lasky, Brian H. Davison, Chunxiang Fu, Zeng-Yu Wang, Richard A. Dixon, Ajaya K. Biswal, Debra Mohnen, Richard S. Nelson, Holly L. Baxter, Mitra Mazarei, C. Neal Stewart, Wellington Muchero, Gerald A. Tuskan, Charles M. Cai, Erica E. Gjersing, Mark F. Davis, Michael E. Himmel, Charles E. Wyman, Paul Gilna, Lee R. Lynd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-019-1353-7