Progress in Understanding and Overcoming Biomass Recalcitrance: A BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) Perspective

Mark Davis, Paul Gilna, Lee Lynd, Debra Mohnen, Brian Davison

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Abstract

The DOE BioEnergy Science Center has operated as a virtual center with multiple partners for a decade targeting overcoming biomass recalcitrance. BESC has redefined biomass recalcitrance from an observable phenotype to a better understood and manipulatable fundamental and operational property. These manipulations are the result of deeper biological understanding and can be combined with other advanced biotechnology improvements in biomass conversion to improve bioenergy processes and markets. This article provides an overview of key accomplishments in overcoming recalcitrance via better plants, better microbes, and better tools and combinations. A perspective on the aspects of successful center operation is presented.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number285
Number of pages7
JournalBiotechnology for Biofuels
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-2700-70666

Keywords

  • Bioconversion
  • Bioenergy
  • Biomass
  • Center operation
  • Recalcitrance

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