OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biotechnology for Biofuels is 16. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Application of electric potential improves ethanol production from xylose by active sludge	249
Development and characterization of efficient xylose utilization strains of Zymomonas mobilis	193
ATP and NADPH engineering of Escherichia coli to improve the production of 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid using CRISPRi	188
Co-production of hydrogen and ethyl acetate in Escherichia coli	154
Towards an ideotype for food-fuel dual-purpose wheat in Argentina with focus on biogas production	121
Synergistic mechanism of GH11 xylanases with different action modes from Aspergillus niger An76	110
Enhancement of biohydrogen production rate in Rhodospirillum rubrum by a dynamic CO-feeding strategy using dark fermentation	90
CAZyme prediction in ascomycetous yeast genomes guides discovery of novel xylanolytic species with diverse capacities for hemicellulose hydrolysis	83
Establishment of a resource recycling strategy by optimizing isobutanol production in engineered cyanobacteria using high salinity stress	68
Engineering the substrate binding site of the hyperthermostable archaeal endo-β-1,4-galactanase from Ignisphaera aggregans	68
QTL mapping of a Brazilian bioethanol strain links the cell wall protein-encoding gene GAS1 to low pH tolerance in S. cerevisiae	62
Synergistic effects of multiple enzymes from industrial Aspergillus niger strain O1 on starch saccharification	53
Development of a consortium-based microbial agent beneficial to composting of distilled grain waste for Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation	52
Effect of solid loading on the behaviour of pectin-degrading enzymes	51
An appraisal on enablers for enhancement of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel production facilities using the interpretative structural modeling approach	51
Revealing two important tryptophan residues with completely different roles in a dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Irpex lacteus F17	47
Synthetic biology toolkit for engineering Cupriviadus necator H16 as a platform for CO2 valorization	45
An overview to process design, simulation and sustainability evaluation of biodiesel production	42
Conversion of organosolv pretreated hardwood biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by combining enzymatic hydrolysis and isomerization with homogeneous catalysis	42
A novel nanoemulsion-based microalgal growth medium for enhanced biomass production	41
Enhanced lignin biodegradation by consortium of white rot fungi: microbial synergistic effects and product mapping	40
Understanding the effects of different residual lignin fractions in acid-pretreated bamboo residues on its enzymatic digestibility	40
Oleaginous yeasts respond differently to carbon sources present in lignocellulose hydrolysate	36
Extracellular riboflavin induces anaerobic biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis	36
The current status, challenges and prospects of using biomass energy in Ethiopia	35

A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield	35
Evaluating polymer interplay after hot water pretreatment to investigate maize stem internode recalcitrance	34
Zymomonas diversity and potential for biofuel production	34
Tagasaste, leucaena and paulownia: three industrial crops for energy and hemicelluloses production	34
Rhodosporidium sp. DR37: a novel strain for production of squalene in optimized cultivation conditions	33
Precise high-throughput online near-infrared spectroscopy assay to determine key cell wall features associated with sugarcane bagasse digestibility	32
Investigation of the impact of a broad range of temperatures on the physiological and transcriptional profiles of Zymomonas mobilis ZM4 for high-temperature-tolerant recombinant strain development	31
Improvements of the productivity and saccharification efficiency of the cellulolytic β-glucosidase D2-BGL in Pichia pastoris via directed evolution	31
Plastidial wax ester biosynthesis as a tool to synthesize shorter and more saturated wax esters	31
Coordinately express hemicellulolytic enzymes in Kluyveromyces marxianus to improve the saccharification and ethanol production from corncobs	31
Overexpression of the rice BAHD acyltransferase AT10 increases xylan-bound p-coumarate and reduces lignin in Sorghum bicolor	30
Citrulline deiminase pathway provides ATP and boosts growth of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7	29
Glutamine involvement in nitrogen regulation of cellulase production in fungi	29
Massive QTL analysis identifies pleiotropic genetic determinants for stress resistance, aroma formation, and ethanol, glycerol and isobutanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	29
Fungal deterioration of the bagasse storage from the harvested sugarcane	29
Characterization and adaptation of Caldicellulosiruptor strains to higher sugar concentrations, targeting enhanced hydrogen production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates	28
Improved methanol tolerance of Rhizomucor miehei lipase based on N‑glycosylation within the α-helix region and its application in biodiesel production	28
Construction of a tunable promoter library to optimize gene expression in Methylomonas sp. DH-1, a methanotroph, and its application to cadaverine production	28
Combinatorial use of environmental stresses and genetic engineering to increase ethanol titres in cyanobacteria	27
Quantitative proteomic comparison of salt stress in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the snow alga Chlamydomonas nivalis reveals mechanisms for salt-triggered fatty acid accumulation via reallocation of	27
Consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulose for production of glucaric acid by an artificial microbial consortium	26
Recent advances in the valorization of plant biomass	26
When metabolic prowess is too much of a good thing: how carbon catabolite repression and metabolic versatility impede production of esterified α,ω-diols in Pseudomonas putida KT2440	26
Co-generation of biohydrogen and biochemicals from co-digestion of Chlorella sp. biomass hydrolysate with sugarcane leaf hydrolysate in an integrated circular biorefinery concept	25
Carbon catabolite repression involves physical interaction of the transcription factor CRE1/CreA and the Tup1–Cyc8 complex in Penicillium oxalicum and Trichoderma reesei	25
The advanced performance of microbial consortium for simultaneous utilization of glucose and xylose to produce lactic acid directly from dilute sulfuric acid pretreated corn stover	24
SorGSD: updating and expanding the sorghum genome science database with new contents and tools	24
Waste biorefinery towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy: a solution to global issues	22
Organosolv pretreatment assisted by carbocation scavenger to mitigate surface barrier effect of lignin for improving biomass saccharification and utilization	22
A comprehensive study of the promoting effect of manganese on white rot fungal treatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of woody and grass lignocellulose	22
Cellulase production and efficient saccharification of biomass by a new mutant Trichoderma afroharzianum MEA-12	22
Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica transporters for high-efficient production of biobased succinic acid from glucose	22
Engineering oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides for overproduction of fatty acid ethyl esters	22
Effect of integrated treatment on enhancing the enzymatic hydrolysis of cocksfoot grass and the structural characteristics of co-produced hemicelluloses	21
Polysaccharide utilization loci-driven enzyme discovery reveals BD-FAE: a bifunctional feruloyl and acetyl xylan esterase active on complex natural xylans	21
Two Fusarium copper radical oxidases with high activity on aryl alcohols	20
A metabolic model of Lipomyces starkeyi for predicting lipogenesis potential from diverse low-cost substrates	19
Comprehensive evaluation for the one-pot biosynthesis of butyl acetate by using microbial mono- and co-cultures	19
Mass transfer and flow characterization of novel algae-based nutrient removal system	19
The phenomenon of degeneration of industrial Trichoderma reesei strains	19
Rational engineering of xylanase hyper-producing system in Trichoderma reesei for efficient biomass degradation	19
Valorization of Chinese hickory shell as novel sources for the efficient production of xylooligosaccharides	19
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing directed by a 5S rRNA–tRNAGly hybrid promoter in the thermophilic filamentous fungus Humicola insolens	18
Characterization and modulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress response target genes in Kluyveromyces marxianus to improve secretory expressions of heterologous proteins	18
An emerging simple and effective approach to increase the productivity of thraustochytrids microbial lipids by regulating glycolysis process and triacylglycerols’ decomposition	18
Techno-economic evaluation of microalgae high-density liquid fuel production at 12 international locations	18
Coordination of consolidated bioprocessing technology and carbon dioxide fixation to produce malic acid directly from plant biomass in Myceliophthora thermophila	18
Improvement of thermostability and catalytic efficiency of glucoamylase from Talaromyces leycettanus JCM12802 via site-directed mutagenesis to enhance industrial saccharification applications	18
Bioethanolic yeasts from dung beetles: tapping the potential of extremophilic yeasts for improvement of lignocellulolytic feedstock fermentation	17
Novel molecular biological tools for the efficient expression of fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in Pichia pastoris	17

Bacterial alginate metabolism: an important pathway for bioconversion of brown algae	17
Experimental and theoretical insights into the effects of pH on catalysis of bond-cleavage by the lignin peroxidase isozyme H8 from Phanerochaete chrysosporium	17
Proteomic and biochemical responses to different concentrations of CO2 suggest the existence of multiple carbon metabolism strategies in Phaeodactylum tricornutum	17
Identification of the major fermentation inhibitors of recombinant 2G yeasts in diverse lignocellulose hydrolysates	17
Selective delignification of poplar wood with a newly isolated white-rot basidiomycete Peniophora incarnata T-7 by submerged fermentation to enhance saccharification	17
Production of the biocommodities butanol and acetone from methanol with fluorescent FAST-tagged proteins using metabolically engineered strains of Eubacterium limosum	17
Increasing lipid yield in Yarrowia lipolytica through phosphoketolase and phosphotransacetylase expression in a phosphofructokinase deletion strain	17
Efficient lactic acid production from dilute acid-pretreated lignocellulosic biomass by a synthetic consortium of engineered Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus coagulans	17
Correction to: Ectopic overexpression of a type-II DGAT (CeDGAT2-2) derived from oil-rich tuber of Cyperus esculentus enhances accumulation of oil and oleic acid in tobacco leaves	16
Protein acetylation regulates xylose metabolism during adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	16
The characteristics of insoluble softwood substrates affect fungal morphology, secretome composition, and hydrolytic efficiency of enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei	16
Monitoring of seven industrial anaerobic digesters supplied with biochar	16
Improving sustainable hydrogen production from green waste: [FeFe]-hydrogenases quantitative gene expression RT-qPCR analysis in presence of autochthonous consortia	16
Aliphatic extractive effects on acetic acid catalysis of typical agricultural residues to xylo-oligosaccharide and enzymatic hydrolyzability of cellulose	16
Discovery of two novel laccase-like multicopper oxidases from Pleurotus citrinopileatus and their application in phenolic oligomer synthesis	16
Molecular mechanism underlying the effect of maleic hydrazide treatment on starch accumulation in S. polyrrhiza 7498 fronds	16