Industrial biotechnology: tools and applications.
Industrial biotechnology involves the use of enzymes and microorganisms to produce value-added chemicals from renewable sources. Because of its association with reduced energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste generation, industrial biotechnology is a rapidly growing field. Here we highlight a variety of important tools for industrial biotechnology, including protein engineering, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, systems biology, and downstream processing. In addition, we show how these tools have been successfully applied in several case studies, including the production of 1, 3-propanediol, lactic acid, and biofuels. It is expected that industrial biotechnology will be increasingly adopted by chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and agricultural industries.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Weng Lin
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Tang
Huimin
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Zhao
D055162:Biocatalysis; D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D007221:Industry / Q000379:methods*; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods