Title: Anaerobic digestion: An intriguing long history in China
Abstract: Waste biomass is an emerging renewable feedstock for sustainable biogas production. Rapid progress in the scientific world has driven higher demand for renewable energy resources. Fossil fuel reserves are limited, so environmental imbalances require a renewable solution, including biogas production through waste biomass recycling. Waste biomass contains diverse and complex polymeric constituents, such as carbohydrates, proteins, cellulose, lignin, and fat. However, these various waste biomasses are not easily accessible for biogas generation. Several pretreatment approaches have been implemented to break down stubborn waste biomass into monomeric residues that can be further transformed for biogas production. A range of microbial regimes are key players directly or indirectly involved in accelerating waste biomass degradation and biogas production using a broad spectrum of metabolic traits. However, classical approaches are not efficient, cost-effective, or sustainable enough to improve biogas production using waste biomass to meet increasing demand. Hence, further research and development need to be conducted to solve specific concerns for improving biogas generation and waste biomass accessibility in the near future. Based on this current scenario, the present work provides a thorough discussion on advanced avenues for improving biogas generation and waste biomass degradation with a special emphasis on metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for a sustainable future.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Language: en
Type: editorial
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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