OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biotechnology for Biofuels is 28. 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
Engineering the substrate binding site of the hyperthermostable archaeal endo-β-1,4-galactanase from Ignisphaera aggregans	68
Establishment of a resource recycling strategy by optimizing isobutanol production in engineered cyanobacteria using high salinity stress	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
An appraisal on enablers for enhancement of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel production facilities using the interpretative structural modeling approach	51
Effect of solid loading on the behaviour of pectin-degrading enzymes	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
Conversion of organosolv pretreated hardwood biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by combining enzymatic hydrolysis and isomerization with homogeneous catalysis	42
An overview to process design, simulation and sustainability evaluation of biodiesel production	42
A novel nanoemulsion-based microalgal growth medium for enhanced biomass production	41
Understanding the effects of different residual lignin fractions in acid-pretreated bamboo residues on its enzymatic digestibility	40
Enhanced lignin biodegradation by consortium of white rot fungi: microbial synergistic effects and product mapping	40
Extracellular riboflavin induces anaerobic biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis	36
Oleaginous yeasts respond differently to carbon sources present in lignocellulose hydrolysate	36
A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield	35

The current status, challenges and prospects of using biomass energy in Ethiopia	35
Tagasaste, leucaena and paulownia: three industrial crops for energy and hemicelluloses production	34
Evaluating polymer interplay after hot water pretreatment to investigate maize stem internode recalcitrance	34
Zymomonas diversity and potential for biofuel 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
Coordinately express hemicellulolytic enzymes in Kluyveromyces marxianus to improve the saccharification and ethanol production from corncobs	31
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
Overexpression of the rice BAHD acyltransferase AT10 increases xylan-bound p-coumarate and reduces lignin in Sorghum bicolor	30
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
Citrulline deiminase pathway provides ATP and boosts growth of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7	29
Glutamine involvement in nitrogen regulation of cellulase production in fungi	29
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
Characterization and adaptation of Caldicellulosiruptor strains to higher sugar concentrations, targeting enhanced hydrogen production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates	28