ABSTRACT
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 570 Engineering plants for biofuel production .............................................................................. 570
Need for plant-based biofuels .............................................................................................. 570 Lignocellulosic plant biomass .............................................................................................. 571 Cost-effective production of cell wall-degrading enzymes in plants ............................. 573 Overcoming the recalcitrance of plant biomass ................................................................. 574 Biodiesel production from plants ........................................................................................ 575
Engineering microbial genomes for biofuel production ....................................................... 576 Engineering microbial genomes for bioalcohol production ............................................ 576
Alcohols .............................................................................................................................. 576 Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A natural host .......................................................................... 577
Engineering microbial genomes for biodiesel production ............................................... 577 Fatty acids ........................................................................................................................... 577 Methyl ketones ................................................................................................................... 579 Microalgae .......................................................................................................................... 579 Increasing lipid yield ........................................................................................................ 579 Increasing biomass production .......................................................................................580
