Abstract
The DOE BioEnergy Science Center has operated as a virtual center with multiple partners for a decade targeting overcoming biomass recalcitrance. BESC has redefined biomass recalcitrance from an observable phenotype to a better understood and manipulatable fundamental and operational property. These manipulations are the result of deeper biological understanding and can be combined with other advanced biotechnology improvements in biomass conversion to improve bioenergy processes and markets. This article provides an overview of key accomplishments in overcoming recalcitrance via better plants, better microbes, and better tools and combinations. A perspective on the aspects of successful center operation is presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 285 |
| Journal | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 30 2017 |
Funding
This manuscript has been authored by UT‑Battelle. LLC under Contract No. DE‑AC05‑00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non‑exclusive, paid‑up, irrevocable, world‑wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/ doe‑public‑access‑plan).
Keywords
- Bioconversion
- Bioenergy
- Biomass
- Center operation
- Recalcitrance