Chapter 3: New Developments on Ionic Liquid-Tolerant Microorganisms Leading Toward a More Sustainable Biorefinery
The growing concerns about climate change and energy security are driving the development of bio-based technologies to produce renewable liquid fuels and chemicals. Ionic liquids (ILs) have demonstrated to be promising solvents to pretreat lignocellulosic residues, promoting efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic carbohydrates into sugars, which can be further used by microorganisms to produce biofuels and other value-added chemicals. Despite their unique properties to effectively deconstruct plant cell walls, ILs show strong interactions with the pretreated biomass, and their presence is often inhibitory to cellulolytic enzymes and microorganisms. The most advanced biorefinery concepts based on IL pretreatments focus on the development of more biocompatible ILs and more robust microbial strains with higher tolerance to ILs. This chapter provides an overview and a discussion over the main efforts performed on the screening and development of IL-tolerant microbial strains, as well as in more biocompatible IL pretreatment methods. These early research advancements in this field offer a baseline and a platform for future research with the goal of improving the sustainability and economic viability of IL pretreatment-based biorefineries.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1986066
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CH-2800-77894; MainId:31803; UUID:006778bd-1afb-4ad8-9d3c-de596adc329a; MainAdminID:18689
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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