title: Current status and prospects of industrial bio-production of n-butanol in China.
abstract: n-Butanol is an important bulk chemical. Commercial fermentative production of n-butanol has been applied more than 100 years ago but is currently more costly than production from propylene and syngas. Renewed interest in biobutanol as a biofuel has spurred technological advances to the fermentation process. This article reviewed the recent status including the commercialization, pilot production and R&D activities of n-butanol fermentation in China. Long-term bio-production of n-butanol as a next generation biofuel and biochemical from biomass waste and steel mill off-gas needs technology breakthroughs and more environmental concerns from policymakers.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; Shanghai Research & Development Center of Industrial Biotechnology, Shanghai 201201, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Jinle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Yunliu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; Shanghai Research & Development Center of Industrial Biotechnology, Shanghai 201201, China; Huzhou Research Center of Industrial Biotechnology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huzhou 313000, China; Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China. Electronic address: syang@sibs.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D020001:1-Butanol; D001709:Biotechnology; D002681:China; D005285:Fermentation; D007218:Industrial Microbiology
chemical_list: D020001:1-Butanol
keywords: China; Fermentation; n-Butanol