Advances in Yeast Biotechnology for Biofuels and Sustainability

Value-Added Products and Environmental Remediation Applications

1st Edition - May 23, 2023
Editors: Achlesh Daverey, Kasturi Dutta, Sanket Joshi, Teresa Gea
Language: English
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Advances in Yeast Biotechnology for Biofuels and Sustainability: Value-Added Products and Environmental Remediation Applications showcases the uses for engineered yeast in environmental applications, especially as an innovative source of biofuels. Beginning with a thorough review of recent advances and future potential for yeast biotechnology, the book proceeds to outline several options for biofuels, including lignocellulosic biofuels and alternative feedstock production through hydrolysis and alternative value-added products, including industrial acids and bioplastics and applications in agriculture and environmental remediation. Placing case studies at the center of each chapter, this book presents a future-focused perspective on the potential of yeast biotechnologies to support sustainability.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
Preface
Section One. Yeast biotechnology for the sustainable production of biofuels
1. Past, present and future of yeast engineering
1. Introduction
2. History of yeast
3. Biotechnology and yeast as model organism
4. Genetic engineering of yeast
5. Conclusion
2. Engineered yeasts for the production of biofuel and platform chemicals
1. Introduction
2. Biofuel and chemicals production by conventional yeast
3. Need for engineered yeast for biofuel and chemicals production
4. Available tools for genetic manipulation of yeasts
5. Engineered yeast for biofuel production
6. Engineered yeast for bio-based platform chemical production
7. Conclusion and future prospective
3. Engineered yeasts for lignocellulosic bioethanol production
1. Introduction
2. Properties of lignocellulose
3. Conventional methods of lignocellulose biomass processing for fermentation
4. Yeasts in bioethanol production
5. Types of bioethanol fermentation
6. Genetic engineering of yeasts for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass
7. Metabolic engineering of yeasts for the production of bioethanol from lignocellulose
8. Consolidated bioprocessing of yeasts for improved ethanol fermentation
9. Concluding remark
4. Metabolic engineering of yeast for advanced biofuel production
1. Introduction
2. Synthetic biology tools in engineering yeast for advanced fuels
3. Advanced fuels produced from engineered yeasts
4. Scale-up and its challenges in yeast-derived biofuel production
5. Future prospects and conclusion
5. Engineering of nonconventional yeasts for valuable products including bioethanol
1. Introduction
2. Ethanol
3. Production of polyols from yeasts
4. Production of carotenoids from yeasts
5. Conclusion
6. Oleaginous yeasts: phylogenetic diversity and strain selection for biodiesel production
1. Introduction
2. History of oleaginous yeast research
3. Phylogenetic diversity of oleaginous yeasts
4. Discovery of oleaginous yeasts for biodiesel production
5. Factors affecting species selection
6. Conclusions
7. Waste valorization for biofuel production by oleaginous yeast
1. Introduction
2. Waste from different sources and their characteristics
3. Biofuel production from different wastes using oleaginous yeasts
4. Conclusion
8. Engineered yeast for the hydrolysis of algae—a potential alternative feedstock for biofuel production
1. Introduction
2. Enzymatic disruption of algal cells
3. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of algal biomass
4. Conclusions and future prospects
Section Two. Wild and engineered yeasts for value-added products, environmental sustainability, and sustainable agriculture
9. Applications of yeast for environmental clean-up and sustainable agriculture
1. Yeast bioprospecting and metagenomics: from classical to modern applications for agriculture and environment
2. Systems biology in yeast: genomic-based strain selection and improvement for biotechnological applications (white, green, and gray biotechnology)
3. From biotechnology to nanotechnology of yeast: new products/devices, biomaterials, nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, nanobioremediation, and others
4. Concluding remarks
5. Future trends
10. Cleaner production of biosurfactants from yeasts
1. Introduction
2. Biosurfactant as a clean alternative: definition, current market, and potential applications
3. Microbial biosurfactant
4. Sustainable production of biosurfactants
5. Conclusion
11. Fungal enzymes and biotechnological approaches to enhance their production in yeasts
1. Yeasts heterologous protein expression systems
2. What are fungal enzymes and their types?
3. Industrial applications of fungal enzymes
4. Recent approaches to enhance the fungal enzyme production in yeasts
5. Conclusion
12. Engineered yeast for the production of bioplastics
1. Introduction
2. Bioplastic
3. Bioplastics microbial production
4. Yeast as a microbial cell factory
5. PHB biosynthetic pathways in yeast
6. Bioplastic production using recombinant yeast
7. Why are scientists interested in eukaryotic rather than prokaryotic systems for bioplastic production?
8. Recommendations and future perspectives
9. Conclusions
13. Yeasts as a source of pigments of biotechnological interest
1. Introduction: synthetic chemical compounds and natural pigment
2. Pigment-producing yeasts
3. Optimization of pigment production by yeasts
4. Yeast pigments: extraction, purification, and characterization strategies
5. Main applications of pigments produced by yeasts
6. Perspectives for the world pigment market
7. Conclusion
14. Engineered yeasts for high-value carotenoid production
1. Introduction
2. Engineered red yeasts for the production of high-value carotenoids
3. Engineered Rhodotorula and Sporobolomyces species
4. Engineered Phaffia rhodozyma
5. Engineered non-carotenogenic yeasts for the production of high-value carotenoids
6. Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae
7. Engineered Yarrowia lipolytica
8. Alternative feedstocks for microbial carotenoid production
9. Conclusion
10. Future perspectives
15. The utilization of yeast for industrial wastewater treatment
1. Introduction
2. Yeast opportunities for secondary and tertiary wastewater treatment
3. Wastewater treatment by yeast
4. Simultaneous wastewater treatment and lipid production by yeast for biodiesel production
5. Conclusion and perspectives
16. Biodegradation of azo dyes by yeasts
1. Introduction
2. Azo dye characterization and classification
3. Environmental effects of azo dye effluents
4. Biodegradation of azo dye
5. Azo dye degrading yeasts
6. Effect of different factors of biodegradation efficiency
7. Integrated techniques for azo dye degradation
8. Future perspectives
9. Conclusion
17. Bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil by yeast bioaugmentation
1. Introduction
2. Oil contamination of soil
3. Oil degradation in yeast cells
4. Yeast bioaugmentation: an ecological alternative for oil-contaminated soil bioremediation
5. Bioaugmentation—present limitations and future perspectives
6. Conclusions
18. Engineered yeasts as biocatalysts for pesticide degradation
1. Introduction
2. Molecular tools for pesticide bioremediation
3. Recombinant yeast: a plausible system for bioremediation
4. Recent advances in yeast engineering
5. Challenges and future prospects
19. Bioremediation of heavy metals using yeast
1. Introduction
2. Bioremediation
3. Role of yeast in bioremediation
4. Factors influencing heavy metal removal by yeast
5. Mechanisms of yeast bioremediation
6. Bioremediation process by yeast cells
7. Advantages of yeast bioremediation
8. Industrial applications
9. Concluding remarks
20. Engineered yeast as a hyperaccumulator for heavy metal removal and recycling from waste streams
1. Introduction
2. Heavy metal pollution
3. Different techniques for heavy metals removal
4. Genetically engineered yeast for heavy metal removal
5. Conclusion and future perspectives
21. Extremophilic yeasts and their potential in bioremediation of polluted environments
1. Introduction
2. Main molecular mechanisms of extremophilic and extremotolerant yeasts
3. Extremophilic yeast fermentation and its potential applications in bioremediation
4. Technological innovation in extremophilic yeasts
5. The drawbacks and future challenges of bioremediation using extremophilic yeasts
22. Yeast–plant interactions for phytoremediation of contaminated soils
1. Introduction
2. Phytoremediation fundamentals
3. Plant–yeast interaction in phytoremediation
4. Recent approach of remediation of pollutants with yeast–plants
5. Economic aspects of yeast in phytoremediation
6. Conclusion and future perspectives on yeast–plant phytoremediation
23. Role of genetically engineered yeast in plastic degradation
1. Introduction
2. Impact of plastic waste on ecosystem
3. The need for biodegradable plastics
4. Microorganisms involved in plastic degradation
5. Yeast as an organism in bioremediation and the role of its enzymes in biodegradation
6. Genetically engineered yeast and synergistic activity of chimeric enzymes in plastic degradation
7. Obstacles faced and prospects of plastic degradation by yeast
8. Conclusion
Index

Achlesh Daverey

Dr. Achlesh Daverey is working as an Assistant Professor in School of Environment and Natural Resources at Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He has completed his M. Tech. in Bioprocess Technology from Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai, India in 2006 and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), Assam, India in 2011. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Institute of Environmental Engineering at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan before joining Doon University. He is serving as Editorial Board Member of SN Applied Sciences (Springer) and Review Editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Frontiers in Microbiology journals. His area of research includes biological wastewater treatment, anammox, phytoremediation of contaminated soil and water, waste valorization, and bioprocess design and optimization. Dr. Daverey has published 32 research papers in various internationally reputed journals and contributed 7 chapters in edited books (published by Elsevier, Springer, McGraw-Hill, American Society for Civil Engineers).

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Kasturi Dutta

Dr. Kasturi Dutta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. Her recent research focused on the production of industrial and therapeutic enzymes from low-cost industrial wastes or by-products, and the production of biodiesel from microbial lipids by utilizing wastes and wastewater. Dr. Dutta has published > 25 research papers and book chapters in peer-reviewed international journals (SCI/SCOPUS indexed) and edited books. She has served as guest editor for various journals such as International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation (Elsevier); Biocatalysts and Agriculture Biotechnology (Elsevier); Ecotoxicology (Springer), SN Applied Sciences (Springer); and Environmental Quality Management (Wiley). Dr. Dutta has also organized two international conference of a biannual conference series “International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Energy and Environment”.

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Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

Sanket Joshi

Dr. Sanket Joshi is currently a Professor at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Rajasthan, India. He has academic teaching and research experience of about 16 years, and industrial R&D experience of about 4 years in India and Oman. While working in Indian pharma companies, he undertook several turnkey projects. His current research interests encompass energy (In-situ/ex-situ microbial enhanced light/heavy oil recovery; chemical enhanced oil Recovery; biofuels), microbial products (biosurfactants, biopolymers, R&D and scale-up), and environmental bioremediation (crude oil pollution; analysis, mitigation and control of souring by Sulfate reducing bacteria; HPAM contaminated sites). He has about 125 scientific publications in international journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, and two books to his credit. He is an Academic/Associate Editor for: Frontiers in Microbiology, PeerJ, Ecotoxicology (Springer), Petroleum Science and Technology (Springer), Biotech (Springer), and Open Biotechnology Journal; guest editor for Frontiers in Microbiology, Sustainability, Scientifica, and Open Biotechnology Journal.

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Professor, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Rajasthan, India

Teresa Gea

Teresa Gea is a full Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research combines applied research with a more exploratory facet, searching for new bioconversion processes for the development of the circular bioeconomy. Without abandoning composting and anaerobic digestion processes, her activity evolved into a new research line in solid-state fermentation, with the aim of obtaining a greater recovery of organic waste, beyond compost and biogas. She has studied the production of hydrolytic enzymes, biopesticides and biosurfactants using different microbiological approaches. She has published > 60 papers and her h-index is 26, with >2100 citations, and an average over 250 citations / year in the last 3 years. She has participated in 9 national projects, a European H2020 project, and in numerous contracts with companies and administrations. She has been teaching on Environmental Technology, Sustainability, Bioremediation, Waste Management, and Chemical Engineering for more than 20 years.

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Engineering School, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

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