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• How biotech can transform biofuels.

  For cellulosic ethanol to become a reality, biotechnological solutions should focus on optimizing the conversion of biomass to sugars.

  Authors: Lee R Lynd, Mark S Laser, David Bransby, Bruce E Dale, Brian Davison, Richard Hamilton, Michael Himmel, Martin Keller, James D McMillan, John Sheehan,…

  Source: Nature biotechnology. 2008 Feb

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• Identification of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase responsible for hydrogen generation in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum and demonstration of increased ethanol yield via hydrogenase knockout.

  Three putative hydrogenase enzyme systems in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum were investigated at the genetic, mRNA, enzymatic, and phenotypic l…

  Authors: A Joe Shaw, David A Hogsett, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Journal of bacteriology. 2009 Oct

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• Regulation of cellulase synthesis in batch and continuous cultures of Clostridium thermocellum.

  Regulation of cell-specific cellulase synthesis (expressed in milligrams of cellulase per gram [dry weight] of cells) by Clostridium thermocellum was …

  Authors: Yi-Heng Percival Zhang, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Journal of bacteriology. 2005 Jan

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• Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulosic biomass: an update.

  Biologically mediated processes seem promising for energy conversion, in particular for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fuels. Although…

  Authors: Lee R Lynd, Willem H van Zyl, John E McBride, Mark Laser

  Source: Current opinion in biotechnology. 2005 Oct

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• Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of paper sludge to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae RWB222. Part II: investigation of discrepancies between predicted and observed performance at high solids concentration.

  The simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) kinetic model described in the companion paper can predict batch and fed batch fermentati…

  Authors: Jiayi Zhang, Xiongjun Shao, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Biotechnology and bioengineering. 2009 Dec 1

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• A functionally based model for hydrolysis of cellulose by fungal cellulase.

  A new functionally based kinetic model for enzymatic hydrolysis of pure cellulose by the Trichoderma cellulase system is presented. The model represen…

  Authors: Y-H Percival Zhang, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Biotechnology and bioengineering. 2006 Aug 5

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• Quantification of cell and cellulase mass concentrations during anaerobic cellulose fermentation: development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based method with application to Clostridium thermocellum batch cultures.

  A methodology was developed to determine the mass concentrations of cellulase and cells applicable to studies of microbial cellulose utilization in sy…

  Authors: Yiheng Zhang, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Analytical chemistry. 2003 Jan 15

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• Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of paper sludge to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae RWB222--Part I: kinetic modeling and parameters.

  A kinetic model was developed to predict batch simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) of paper sludge by the xylose-utilizing yeast …

  Authors: Jiayi Zhang, Xiongjun Shao, Oliver V Townsend, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Biotechnology and bioengineering. 2009 Dec 1

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• Role of spontaneous current oscillations during high-efficiency electrotransformation of thermophilic anaerobes.

  Current oscillations at about 24 MHz were observed during electrotransformation (ET) of the thermophilic anaerobes Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405…

  Authors: Michael V Tyurin, Charles R Sullivan, Lee R Lynd

  Source: Applied and environmental microbiology. 2005 Dec

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• Hydrolysis and fermentation of amorphous cellulose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  In this study, we expressed two cellulase encoding genes, an endoglucanase of Trichoderma reesei (EGI) and the beta-glucosidase of Saccharomycopsis fi…

  Authors: Riaan Den Haan, Shaunita H Rose, Lee R Lynd, Willem H van Zyl

  Source: Metabolic engineering. 2007 Jan

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