OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biotechnology for Biofuels is 24. 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Co-production of hydrogen and ethyl acetate in Escherichia coli	221
QTL mapping of a Brazilian bioethanol strain links the cell wall protein-encoding gene GAS1 to low pH tolerance in S. cerevisiae	164
Effect of solid loading on the behaviour of pectin-degrading enzymes	152
Valorization of outer tunic of the marine filter feeder Ciona intestinalis towards the production of second-generation biofuel and prebiotic oligosaccharides	134
An appraisal on enablers for enhancement of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel production facilities using the interpretative structural modeling approach	125
A novel nanoemulsion-based microalgal growth medium for enhanced biomass production	104
Development of a consortium-based microbial agent beneficial to composting of distilled grain waste for Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation	100
Hydrolysis pattern analysis of xylem tissues of woody plants pretreated with hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid: rapid saccharification of softwood for economical bioconversion	79
Eukaryotic translation factor eIF5A contributes to acetic acid tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via transcriptional factor Ume6p	78
Revealing two important tryptophan residues with completely different roles in a dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Irpex lacteus F17	75
Application of electric potential improves ethanol production from xylose by active sludge	70
Oleaginous yeasts respond differently to carbon sources present in lignocellulose hydrolysate	62
Microbial lipid production from crude glycerol and hemicellulosic hydrolysate with oleaginous yeasts	62
CAZyme prediction in ascomycetous yeast genomes guides discovery of novel xylanolytic species with diverse capacities for hemicellulose hydrolysis	62
Establishment of a resource recycling strategy by optimizing isobutanol production in engineered cyanobacteria using high salinity stress	59
Synthetic biology toolkit for engineering Cupriviadus necator H16 as a platform for CO2 valorization	52
Assessing the sweet sorghum-based ethanol potential on saline–alkali land with DSSAT model and LCA approach	49
RCO-3 and COL-26 form an external-to-internal module that regulates the dual-affinity glucose transport system in Neurospora crassa	44
The current status, challenges and prospects of using biomass energy in Ethiopia	43
Development and characterization of efficient xylose utilization strains of Zymomonas mobilis	43
Biodiesel production from alternative raw materials using a heterogeneous low ordered biosilicified enzyme as biocatalyst	42
Towards an ideotype for food-fuel dual-purpose wheat in Argentina with focus on biogas production	42
Synthesis, antibiotic structure–activity relationships, and cellulose dissolution studies of new room-temperature ionic liquids derived from lignin	41
Enhancement of biohydrogen production rate in Rhodospirillum rubrum by a dynamic CO-feeding strategy using dark fermentation	40
Saccharide analysis of onion outer epidermal walls	40

Mitigation of deleterious phenotypes in chloroplast-engineered plants accumulating high levels of foreign proteins	40
Extracellular riboflavin induces anaerobic biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis	38
A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield	37
Engineering the substrate binding site of the hyperthermostable archaeal endo-β-1,4-galactanase from Ignisphaera aggregans	37
Synergistic effects of multiple enzymes from industrial Aspergillus niger strain O1 on starch saccharification	36
Innovations in anaerobic digestion: a model-based study	36
Conversion of organosolv pretreated hardwood biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by combining enzymatic hydrolysis and isomerization with homogeneous catalysis	35
ATP and NADPH engineering of Escherichia coli to improve the production of 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid using CRISPRi	35
Comparison of methodologies used to determine aromatic lignin unit ratios in lignocellulosic biomass	34
CRISPRi screens reveal genes modulating yeast growth in lignocellulose hydrolysate	34
Coculture with hemicellulose-fermenting microbes reverses inhibition of corn fiber solubilization by Clostridium thermocellum at elevated solids loadings	32
Analysis of the lipid extraction performance in a cascade process for Scenedesmus almeriensis biorefinery	32
Enhanced lignin biodegradation by consortium of white rot fungi: microbial synergistic effects and product mapping	32
Synergistic mechanism of GH11 xylanases with different action modes from Aspergillus niger An76	31
Understanding the effects of different residual lignin fractions in acid-pretreated bamboo residues on its enzymatic digestibility	31
Rhodosporidium sp. DR37: a novel strain for production of squalene in optimized cultivation conditions	30
An overview to process design, simulation and sustainability evaluation of biodiesel production	30
Overexpression of the rice BAHD acyltransferase AT10 increases xylan-bound p-coumarate and reduces lignin in Sorghum bicolor	29
Massive QTL analysis identifies pleiotropic genetic determinants for stress resistance, aroma formation, and ethanol, glycerol and isobutanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	28
Using techno-economic modelling to determine the minimum cost possible for a microbial palm oil substitute	28
Improved methanol tolerance of Rhizomucor miehei lipase based on N‑glycosylation within the α-helix region and its application in biodiesel production	28
High-dose rapamycin exerts a temporary impact on T. reesei RUT-C30 through gene trFKBP12	28
Acetate as substrate for l-malic acid production with Aspergillus oryzae DSM 1863	27
A comprehensive study of the promoting effect of manganese on white rot fungal treatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of woody and grass lignocellulose	26
Unraveling the roles of the reductant and free copper ions in LPMO kinetics	26
Waste biorefinery towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy: a solution to global issues	26
Combinatorial use of environmental stresses and genetic engineering to increase ethanol titres in cyanobacteria	26
Recent advances in the valorization of plant biomass	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
Glutamine involvement in nitrogen regulation of cellulase production in fungi	25
Microbial fuel cell-assisted utilization of glycerol for succinate production by mutant of Actinobacillus succinogenes	25
Organosolv pretreatment assisted by carbocation scavenger to mitigate surface barrier effect of lignin for improving biomass saccharification and utilization	25
Biomass, lipid accumulation kinetics, and the transcriptome of heterotrophic oleaginous microalga Tetradesmus bernardii under different carbon and nitrogen sources	25
Plastidial wax ester biosynthesis as a tool to synthesize shorter and more saturated wax esters	25
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	24
SorGSD: updating and expanding the sorghum genome science database with new contents and tools	24
Cellulase production and efficient saccharification of biomass by a new mutant Trichoderma afroharzianum MEA-12	24
Fungal deterioration of the bagasse storage from the harvested sugarcane	24
Precise high-throughput online near-infrared spectroscopy assay to determine key cell wall features associated with sugarcane bagasse digestibility	24
Engineering oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides for overproduction of fatty acid ethyl esters	24