Industrial Biotechnology: A Unique Potential for Pollution Prevention

Ahmann D , Dorgan JR . (2007) Bioengineering for Pollution Prevention through Development of Biobased Energy and Materials: State of the Science Report. Washington, DC: National Center for Environmental Research, EPA/600/R-07/028, Jan. 2007.

US Department of Energy.. 2005. Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply. Perlack RD , Stokes BJ (eds). ORNL/TM-/66. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 78p.

US Department of Energy.. 2016. 2016. Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy. Langholtz MH , Stokes BJ , Eaton LM (eds). ORNL/TM-2016/160. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 448p.

Brookes G , Barfoot P . (2016) GM Crops: Global socio-economic and environmental impacts 1996–2015. Dorchester, UK: PG Economics Ltd., June 2017.

Mahaffey H , Taheripour F , Tyner WE . Evaluating the economic and environmental impacts of a global GMO ban. J Environ Protection, 2016; 7:1522–1546.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. (2013) USDA announces new conservation collaboration with DuPont to promote sustainable harvesting of bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol. Available at: www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/releases/?cid=STELPRDB1086233 (Last accessed July 2017 ).

POET Biomass. (2014) Responsible Stover Harvest. Available at: http://poet-dsm.com/resources/docs/responsible-stover-harvest.pdf (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Youngman R . (2016) Scale and speed: China's USP in cleantech. Tackling China's polluted arable land problem. Available at: www.cleantech.com/scale-and-speed-chinas-usp-in-cleantech-tackling-chinas-polluted-arable-land-problem/ (Last accessed July 2017 ).

US Department of Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy. Biogas Opportunities Roadmap: Voluntary Actions to Reduce Methane Emissions and Increase Energy Independence. Washington, DC: August 2014.

Cuéllar-Franca RM , Azapagic A . Carbon capture, storage and utilisation technologies: A critical analysis and comparison of their life cycle environmental impacts. J CO₂ Utilization, 2015:82–102.

Hicks N , Vik U , Taylor P , et al. Using Prokaryotes for Carbon Capture Storage. Trends Biotechnol, 2016; 35(1):22–32.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2015) Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2015 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award. Available at: www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-2015-greener-synthetic-pathways-award (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Environmental Protection Agency. (2016) EPA Honors Winners of the 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. Available at: www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-honors-winners-2016-presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-awards-0 (Last accessed Jul7 2017).

MBDC. (2016) Newlight Technologies AirCarbon Achieves Bronze Level Cradle to Cradle Certification Award. Available at: http://mbdc.com/newlight-technologies-aircarbon-achieves-bronze-level-cradle-to-cradle-certification-award/ (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Calysta. (2017) Calysta, Cargill officially break ground on NouriTech, a new feed production plant in Memphis. Available at: http://calysta.com/2017/04/calysta-cargill-officially-break-ground-on-nouritech-a-new-feed-production-plant-in-memphis/ (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Cumberlege T , Blenkinsopp T , Clark J . (2016) Assessment of environmental impact of FeedKind™ protein. UK: Carbon Trust, April 2016.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2015) Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2015 Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Award. Available at: www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-2015-specific-environmental-benefit-climate (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Delidovicha I , Palkovitsa R . Catalytic versus stoichiometric reagents as a key concept for Green Chemistry. Green Chem, 2016; 18:590–593. DOI: 10.1039/C5GC90070K

Junker B . (2010) Minimizing the environmental footprint of bioprocesses. BioProcess International. Available at: www.bioprocessintl.com/manufacturing/facility-design-engineering/minimizing-the-environmental-footprint-of-bioprocesses-303905/ (Available at: July 2017).

Phillips T . (2016) Enzyme Biotechnology in Everyday Life, The Balance. Available at: www.thebalance.com/enzyme-biotechnology-in-everyday-life-375750 (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Nielsen A , Neal T , Friis-Jensen S , Malladi A . (2010) How Enzymes Can Reduce the Impact Of Liquid Detergents. Happi September, 2010.

Kan SB , Lewis R , Chen K , Arnold F . Directed evolution of cytochrome c for carbon–silicon bond formation: Bringing silicon to life. Science, 2016; 354(6315):1048–1051.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2012) Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2012 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award. Available at: www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-2012-greener-synthetic-pathways-award (Last accessed July 2017 ).

McCann MC , Carpita NC . Biomass recalcitrance: A multi-scale, multi-factor, and conversion-specific property. J Exp Bot, 2016; 66(14):4109–4118.

Green Car Congress. (2010) New Novozymes Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Enable Production Cost Below US$2 Per Gallon. Available at: www.greencarcongress.com/2010/02/cellicctec2-20100216.html (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Keller R . (2013) New enzymes increase ethanol production 5%. Farm Journal's AgPro. Available at: www.agprofessional.com/news/New-enzymes-increase-ethanol-production-5-210866971.html (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Maurya DP , Singla A , Negi S . An overview of key pretreatment processes for biological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bioethanol. 3 Biotech, 2015; 5(5), 597–609.

Department of Energy. (2016) Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Centers File 500^th Invention Disclosure. Available at: www.energy.gov/technologytransitions/articles/department-energy-funded-bioenergy-research-centers-file-500th (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Khare SK , Pandey A , Larroche C . Current perspectives in enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass. Biochem Eng J, 2015; 102:38–44.

Department of Energy. (2016) Cellulosic Sugar and Lignin Production Capabilities RFI Responses. Available at: http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/cellulosic-sugar-and-lignin-production-capabilities-rfi-responses (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Fehrenbacher K . (2016) Bill Gates Backs Biofuel Company Renmatix. Fortune, Sept. 15, 2016.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2015) Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2015 Small Business Award. Available at: www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-2015-small-business-award (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Leaf Resources (2016) Joint Venture agreement with and Investment in US based biorefinery company, ZeaChem Inc. Australian Securities Exchange Announcement, Feb. 29, 2016. Available at: www.leafresources.com.au/UserFiles/files/Documents/2016.02.29_ZeaChem_Joint_Venture_Announcement%20final%20approved.pdf (Last accessed July 2017 ).

CBInsights Blog. (2017) The State Of Synthetic Biology: Investors Placing Bets in Food, Biofuel, Healthcare, And More. Available at: www.cbinsights.com/blog/synthetic-biology-top-sectors/ (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Peralta-Yahya PP , Zhang F , del Cardayre SB , Keasling JD . Microbial engineering for the production of advanced biofuels. Nature, 2012; 488:320–328. doi:10.1038/nature11478.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2016) Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2016 Small Business Award. Available at: www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-2016-small-business-award (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Hollinshead W , He L , Tang YJ . Biofuel production: An odyssey from metabolic engineering to fermentation scale-up. Front Microbiol, 2014; 5:344.

Shaw AJ , Lam F , Hamilton M . Metabolic engineering of microbial competitive advantage for industrial fermentation processes. Science, 2016; 353(6299):583–586.

Chubukov V , Mukhopadhyay A , Petzold CJ . Synthetic and systems biology for microbial production of commodity chemicals. Systems Biology and Applications 2 doi:10.1038/npjsba.2016.9.

US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Bioenergy Technologies Office. (2016) Summary report from the October 5–6, 2016, Biorefinery Optimization Workshop in Chicago, Illinois. Washington, DC: DOE/EE-1514, December 2016.

OECD (2011). Future Prospects for Industrial Biotechnology, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/9789264126633-en

Glitsoe V , Ruckebusch JP , Knap I . (2015) Innovation in enzyme development. DSM & Novozymes. White paper presented at the 36th Western Nutrition Conference, September 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Available at: www.dsm.com/content/dam/dsm/anh/en_US/documents/DSM%20Whitepaper_Enzymes_CTA2.pdf (Last accessed July 2017 ).

Porrit J . (2013) Sustainable Returns: Industrial Biotechnology Done Well. London: Forum for the Future, January 2013.