Introduction to Bioproducts, Biofuels, Biocatalysts and Facilitating Tools

In this volume, two main aspects are addressed. First, there is the enzymatic machinery dealing with hydrocarbons, fats, and oils. There is great progress in this domain and plenty of novel routes are still possible to explore and to upgrade to bring better microbial derived toolboxes to market implementation. Secondly there is the vast array of microbial lipid-associated molecules, ranging from volatile fatty acids to alkanoates and oils. Also in this domain, novel breakthroughs are at hand. The fact that enzymes capable of acting towards greasy molecules both in the bioconversion and the cleantech industry are of great importance is well recognized. The protocols provided in this chapter allow to screen for a panoply of empowered fat-modifying biocatalysts such as, e.g., esterases, lipases, phospholipases, and even dehalogenases and C-C metacleavage product hydrolyses. Clearly, these approaches offer potential for a variety of environmental friendly removals/degradations/modifications of this important group of waxy-greasy types of natural and xenobiotic molecules.
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