title: Fermentation of glycerol and production of valuable chemical and biofuel molecules.
abstract: Glycerol has attracted the attention of scientific and industrial communities due to its generation in bulk quantities as a byproduct of biofuel industries. With the rapid growth of these industries in recent years, glycerol is frequently treated as a very low-value byproduct or even a waste product with a disposal cost associated to it. Glycerol is not only abundant and inexpensive but also can generate more reducing equivalents than glucose or xylose. This unique characteristic of glycerol offers a tremendous opportunity for its biological conversion to valuable products at higher yield. This review focuses on research efforts to utilize glycerol as a carbon source for the production of a variety of fuels and chemicals by both native and metabolically engineered microorganisms.
authors.affiliation: Synthetic Biology and Biofuel Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anu Jose
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mattam
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Clomburg
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Syed Shams
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yazdani
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D002244:Carbon; D005990:Glycerol