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Bioconversion of biomass waste into high value chemicals

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 298; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122386

1873-2976

Eun Jin Cho, Ly Thi Phi Trinh, Younho Song, Yoon Gyo Lee, Hyeun‐Jong Bae,

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Dwindling petroleum resources and increasing environmental concerns have stimulated the production of platform chemicals via biochemical processes through the use of renewable carbon sources. Various types of biomass wastes, which are biodegradable and vastly underutilized, are generated worldwide in huge quantities. They contain diverse chemical constituents, which may serve as starting points for the manufacture of a wide range of valuable bio-derived platform chemicals, intermediates, or end products via different conversion pathways. The valorization of inexpensive, abundantly available, and renewable biomass waste could provide significant benefits in response to increasing fossil fuel demands and manufacturing costs, as well as emerging environmental concerns. This review explores the potential for the use of available biomass waste to produce important chemicals, such as monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, biofuels, bioactive molecules, nanocellulose, and lignin, with a focus on commercially viable technologies.