Biomimicry of ruminant digestion strategies for accelerating lignocellulose bioconversion in anaerobic digestion

Sachin Krushna Bhujbal; Pooja Ghosh; Virendra Kumar Vijay; Lakhveer Singh

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.08.002

Biomimicry of ruminant digestion strategies for accelerating lignocellulose bioconversion in anaerobic digestion

Trends Biotechnol. 2022 Dec;40(12):1401-1404. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.08.002. Epub 2022 Sep 3.

Authors

Sachin Krushna Bhujbal¹, Pooja Ghosh², Virendra Kumar Vijay¹, Lakhveer Singh³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
² Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland. Electronic address: poojaghosh@iitd.ac.in.
³ Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, Mandi-175001, Himachal Pradesh, India. Electronic address: lucki.chem09@gmail.com.

PMID: 36068120
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.08.002

Abstract

Biomimicking ruminant digestion strategies (RDSs) into anaerobic digestion (AD) enables efficient bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass. Understanding RDSs is essential to translate their features into designing and developing bioprocesses and bioreactors. Here, we discuss insights into recently developed bioinspired bioprocesses, bioreactors, and future AD systems based on RDSs.

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; bioconversion; biomimicry; lignocellulosic biomass; ruminant.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anaerobiosis
Animals
Biofuels
Biomass
Bioreactors*
Digestion
Lignin* / metabolism
Methane
Ruminants / metabolism

Substances

lignocellulose
Lignin
Methane
Biofuels