Integrating the marine carbon resource mannitol into biomanufacturing

Bo Xin; Cheng Zhong; Yu Wang

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.12.010

Integrating the marine carbon resource mannitol into biomanufacturing

Trends Biotechnol. 2023 Jun;41(6):745-749. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.12.010. Epub 2023 Jan 5.

Authors

Bo Xin¹, Cheng Zhong², Yu Wang³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China. Electronic address: czhong@tust.edu.cn.
³ Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China; National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China. Electronic address: wang_y@tib.cas.cn.

PMID: 36610892
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.12.010

Abstract

Mannitol is a readily accessible component of seaweed with higher energy content than glucose, making it a promising feedstock for biomanufacturing. Microorganisms have been engineered for converting mannitol into various bioproducts. Microbial strain discovery and synthetic biology approach will advance biomanufacturing using mannitol and other complex components of marine biomass.

Keywords: algal biorefinery; biomanufacturing; biomass valorization; mannitol; marine resource; seaweed biomass.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Biomass
Carbon
Glucose
Mannitol*
Seaweed*

Substances

Mannitol
Glucose
Carbon