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Efficient Breakdown of Lignocellulose Using Mixed-Microbe Populations for Bioethanol Production.

DE2010974402

Publication Date	2009
Personal Author	Powell, A. J.; Ricken, B.; Murton, J.
Page Count	30
Abstract	Developing efficient, environmentally benign and affordable technologies to produce advanced lignocellulosic biofuels sustainably will require transformational breakthroughs in biomass deconstruction. Applied, mission-oriented research into biotechnology-based strategies to produce biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstocks is critical to national security and economic recovery. A significant bottleneck in scalable lignocellulosic biofuels production is the need for novel, efficient enzyme systems that are robust to a diverse range of biomass pretreatment strategies. Arid land ecosystems (ALEs), such as those of the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in central New Mexico (NM) represent obvious extreme environments to mine for novel lignocellulolytic deconstruction technologies because the prevailing abiotic conditions are harsh and little organic C accumulates in soils.
Keywords	Biofuels Ethanol Microbes Abundance Biomass Biosphere Carbon Communities Ecosystems Enzymes Functionals Fungi Gramineae Lignin Nitrogen Nutrients Precipitation Productivity Soils Strains Ultraviolet radiation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201020
Contract Number	DE-AC04-94AL85000

Efficient Breakdown of Lignocellulose Using Mixed-Microbe Populations for Bioethanol Production.

Efficient Breakdown of Lignocellulose Using Mixed-Microbe Populations for Bioethanol Production.
DE2010974402

Publication Date	2009
Personal Author	Powell, A. J.; Ricken, B.; Murton, J.
Page Count	30
Abstract	Developing efficient, environmentally benign and affordable technologies to produce advanced lignocellulosic biofuels sustainably will require transformational breakthroughs in biomass deconstruction. Applied, mission-oriented research into biotechnology-based strategies to produce biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstocks is critical to national security and economic recovery. A significant bottleneck in scalable lignocellulosic biofuels production is the need for novel, efficient enzyme systems that are robust to a diverse range of biomass pretreatment strategies. Arid land ecosystems (ALEs), such as those of the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in central New Mexico (NM) represent obvious extreme environments to mine for novel lignocellulolytic deconstruction technologies because the prevailing abiotic conditions are harsh and little organic C accumulates in soils.
Keywords	Biofuels Ethanol Microbes Abundance Biomass Biosphere Carbon Communities Ecosystems Enzymes Functionals Fungi Gramineae Lignin Nitrogen Nutrients Precipitation Productivity Soils Strains Ultraviolet radiation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201020
Contract Number	DE-AC04-94AL85000