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Carbon-negative production of acetone and isopropanol by gas fermentation at industrial pilot scale by Liew, Fungmin Eric, Nogle, Robert, Abdalla, Tanus, Rasor, Blake J., Canter, Christina, Jensen, Rasmus O., Wang, Lan, Strutz, Jonathan, Chirania, Payal, De Tissera, Sashini, Mueller, Alexander P., Ruan, Zhenhua, Gao, Allan, Tran, Loan, Engle, Nancy L., Bromley, Jason C., Daniell, James, Conrado, Robert, Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Giannone, Richard J., Hettich, Robert L., Karim, Ashty S., Simpson, Séan D., Brown, Steven D., Leang, Ching, Jewett, Michael C., Köpke, Michael

“…Many industrial chemicals that are produced from fossil resources could be manufactured more sustainably through fermentation. Here we describe the development…”
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Evaluation of lipid accumulation from lignocellulosic sugars by Mortierella isabellina for biodiesel production by Ruan, Zhenhua, Zanotti, Michael, Wang, Xiaoqing, Ducey, Chad, Liu, Yan

“…► Mortierella isabellina had similar lipid yields on both glucose and xylose. ► Higher fungal biomass yield was obtained from acid pretreated corn stover. ►…”
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Oleaginous fungal lipid fermentation on combined acid- and alkali-pretreated corn stover hydrolysate for advanced biofuel production by Ruan, Zhenhua, Zanotti, Michael, Archer, Steven, Liao, Wei, Liu, Yan

“…•A novel combined hydrolysis was developed for fungal lipid fermentation.•Detoxification and pH adjustment were minimized for lignocellulosic biofuel…”
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Effects of inhibitory compounds in lignocellulosic hydrolysates on Mortierella isabellina growth and carbon utilization by Ruan, Zhenhua, Hollinshead, Whitney, Isaguirre, Christine, Tang, Yinjie J., Liao, Wei, Liu, Yan

“…•M. isabellina can tolerate relatively high concentrations of furfural and HMF.•Acetate in the hydrolysate is a carbon source rather than an inhibitor.•Synergy…”
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Lipid profiling and corresponding biodiesel quality of Mortierella isabellina using different drying and extraction methods by Hussain, Javid, Ruan, Zhenhua, Nascimento, Iracema Andrade, Liu, Yan, Liao, Wei

“…•Bligh & Dyer method had the highest lipid yield among four extraction methods.•Non-polar lipid was the most abundant one in the fungal lipid.•Correlative…”
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Engineering Escherichia coli to convert acetic acid to free fatty acids by Xiao, Yi, Ruan, Zhenhua, Liu, Zhiguo, Wu, Stephen G., Varman, Arul M., Liu, Yan, Tang, Yinjie J.

“…•Overexpress acetate utilization and fatty acids biosynthesis pathways in Escherichia coli.•Optimize cultivation of engineered strain for fatty acids…”
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Integration of sewage sludge digestion with advanced biofuel synthesis by Liu, Zhiguo, Ruan, Zhenhua, Xiao, Yi, Yi, Yu, Tang, Yinjie J., Liao, Wei, Liu, Yan

“…► Combining anaerobic digestion and pure culture presents a waste-to-biofuel solution. ► Both engineered E. coli and fungus can utilize acetate in the…”
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Fungal Cellulase/Xylanase Production and Corresponding Hydrolysis Using Pretreated Corn Stover as Substrates by Zhang, Liang, Wang, Xiaoqing, Ruan, Zhenhua, Liu, Ying, Niu, Xiaorui, Yue, Zhengbo, Li, Zhimin, Liao, Wei, Liu, Yan

“…Three pretreated corn stover (ammonia fiber expansion, dilute acid, and dilute alkali) were used as carbon source to culture Trichoderma reesei Rut C-30 for…”
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Evaluation of fungal lactic acid accumulation using glycerol as the sole carbon source by Wang, Xiaoqing, Ruan, Zhenhua, Guan, Webster, Kraemer, Robert, Zhong, Yuan, Liu, Yan

“…This study investigated the glycerol utilization for lactic acid accumulation by the filamentous fungus Rhizopus oryzae 9363 and compared it with the…”
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Co-hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for microbial lipid accumulation by Ruan, Zhenhua, Zanotti, Michael, Zhong, Yuan, Liao, Wei, Ducey, Chad, Liu, Yan

“…The herbaceous perennial energy crops miscanthus, giant reed, and switchgrass, along with the annual crop residue corn stover, were evaluated for their…”
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Two-stage photoautotrophic cultivation to improve carbohydrate production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Wang, Xiaoqing, Ruan, Zhenhua, Sheridan, Patrick, Boileau, Danielle, Liu, Yan, Liao, Wei

“…A two-stage strategy was developed to improve the microalgal carbohydrate accumulation for advanced biofuel production. In the first stage, Chlamydomonas…”
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A self-sustaining advanced lignocellulosic biofuel production by integration of anaerobic digestion and aerobic fungal fermentation by Zhong, Yuan, Ruan, Zhenhua, Zhong, Yingkui, Archer, Steven, Liu, Yan, Liao, Wei

“…High energy demand hinders the development and application of aerobic microbial biofuel production from lignocellulosic materials. In order to address this…”
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Near- and mid-infrared spectroscopic determination of algal composition by Mulbry, Walter, Reeves, James, Liu, Yan, Ruan, Zhenhua, Liao, Wei

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate whether near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) or mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (MIRS) could be used…”
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Transgenic Expression of a Bacterial Thermophilic Amylase in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chloroplast to Facilitate Algal Biofuel Production by Wang, Xiaoqing, Ruan, Zhenhua, Boileau, Danielle, Sears, Barbara B, Liu, Yan, Liao, Wei

“…This study investigated expression of a thermophilic amylase (arAmyBH) from hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii…”
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Developing novel biological processes to convert lignocellulose into lipid based biofuel by Ruan, Zhenhua

“…Microbial lipids for biofuel production have recently attracted increasing attention because of their advantages over plant oils such as fast growth,…”
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Developing novel biological processes to convert lignocellulose into lipid based biofuel by Ruan, Zhenhua

“…Microbial lipids for biofuel production have recently attracted increasing attention because of their advantages over plant oils such as fast growth,…”
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