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A Review of the Biotechnological Production of Methacrylic Acid.

ABSTRACT: Industrial biotechnology can lead to new routes and potentially to more sustainable production of numerous chemicals. We review the potential of biobased routes from sugars to the large volume commodity, methacrylic acid, involving fermentation based bioprocesses. We cover the key progress over the past decade on direct and indirect fermentation based routes to methacrylic acid including both academic as well as patent literature. Finally, we take a critical look at the potential of biobased routes to methacrylic acid in comparison with both incumbent as well as newer greener petrochemical based processes.

SUBMITTER: Lebeau J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7100375 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Review of the Biotechnological Production of Methacrylic Acid.

Lebeau Juliana J Efromson John P JP Lynch Michael D MD

Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20200320

Industrial biotechnology can lead to new routes and potentially to more sustainable production of numerous chemicals. We review the potential of biobased routes from sugars to the large volume commodity, methacrylic acid, involving fermentation based bioprocesses. We cover the key progress over the past decade on direct and indirect fermentation based routes to methacrylic acid including both academic as well as patent literature. Finally, we take a critical look at the potential of biobased rou ...[more]

PMID: 32266236

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