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Davinia Salvachúa
Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications - 50
Citations - 3679
Davinia Salvachúa is an academic researcher from National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lignin & Pseudomonas putida. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 40 publications receiving 2566 citations. Previous affiliations of Davinia Salvachúa include Spanish National Research Council & Battelle Memorial Institute.
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Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization
TL;DR: This perspective describes research opportunities and challenges ahead for this new field of research, which holds significant promise towards a biorefinery concept wherein polysaccharides and lignin are treated as equally valuable feedstocks.
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Fungal pretreatment: An alternative in second-generation ethanol from wheat straw
Davinia Salvachúa,Alicia Prieto,María López-Abelairas,Thelmo A. Lú-Chau,Ángel T. Martínez,María Jesús Martínez +5 more
TL;DR: Most fungi degraded lignin with variable selectivity degrees, although only eight of them improved sugar recovery compared to untreated samples, and no close correlations were found between ligninolytic enzymes production and sugar yields.
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Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria†
Davinia Salvachúa,Eric M. Karp,Claire T. Nimlos,Derek R. Vardon,Derek R. Vardon,Gregg T. Beckham +5 more
TL;DR: The ability of 14 bacteria to secrete ligninolytic enzymes, depolymerize lignin, uptake aromatic and other compounds present in a biomass-derived, lign in-enriched stream, and, under nitrogen-limiting conditions, accumulate intracellular carbon storage compounds that can be used as fuel, chemical, or material precursors is examined.
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Enhancing muconic acid production from glucose and lignin-derived aromatic compounds via increased protocatechuate decarboxylase activity.
Christopher W. Johnson,Davinia Salvachúa,Payal Khanna,Holly Smith,Darren J. Peterson,Gregg T. Beckham +5 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that overcoming the PCA decarboxylase bottleneck can increase muconate yields from biomass-derived sugars and aromatic molecules in industrially relevant strains and cultivation conditions.
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cis,cis-Muconic acid: separation and catalysis to bio-adipic acid for nylon-6,6 polymerization
Derek R. Vardon,Nicholas A. Rorrer,Nicholas A. Rorrer,Davinia Salvachúa,Amy E. Settle,Christopher W. Johnson,Martin J. Menart,Nicholas S. Cleveland,Peter N. Ciesielski,K. Xerxes Steirer,John R. Dorgan,Gregg T. Beckham +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the staged recovery of muconic acid from culture media, screens platinum group metals (e.g., Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru) for activity and leaching stability on activated carbon (AC) and silica supports, evaluates the time-on-stream performance of Rh/AC in a trickle bed reactor, and demonstrates the polymerization of bio-adipic acid to nylon-6,6.