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@ARTICLE{Debez:837571,
      author       = {Debez, Ahmed and Belghith, Ikram and Friesen, Jan and
                      Montzka, Carsten and Elleuche, Skander},
      title        = {{F}acing the challenge of sustainable bioenergy production:
                      {C}ould halophytes be part of the solution?},
      journal      = {Journal of biological engineering},
      volume       = {11},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {1754-1611},
      address      = {Berlin},
      publisher    = {Springer},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2017-06459},
      pages        = {27},
      year         = {2017},
      abstract     = {Due to steadily growing population and economic transitions
                      in the more populous countries, renewable sources of energy
                      are needed more than ever. Plant biomass as a raw source of
                      bioenergy and biofuel products may meet the demand for
                      sustainable energy; however, such plants typically compete
                      with food crops, which should not be wasted for producing
                      energy and chemicals. Second-generation or advanced biofuels
                      that are based on renewable and non-edible biomass resources
                      are processed to produce cellulosic ethanol, which could be
                      further used for producing energy, but also bio-based
                      chemicals including higher alcohols, organic acids, and bulk
                      chemicals. Halophytes do not compete with conventional crops
                      for arable areas and freshwater resources, since they grow
                      naturally in saline ecosystems, mostly in semi-arid and arid
                      areas. Using halophytes for biofuel production may provide a
                      mid-term economically feasible and environmentally
                      sustainable solution to producing bioenergy, contributing,
                      at the same time, to making saline areas – which have been
                      considered unproductive for a long time – more valuable.
                      This review emphasises on halophyte definition, global
                      distribution, and environmental requirements. It also
                      examines their enzymatic valorization, focusing on
                      salt-tolerant enzymes from halophilic microbial species that
                      may be deployed with greater advantage compared to their
                      conventional mesophilic counterparts for faster degradation
                      of halophyte biomass.},
      cin          = {IBG-3},
      ddc          = {570},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
      pnm          = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
                      (POF3-255)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000409126800001},
      pubmed       = {pmid:28883890},
      doi          = {10.1186/s13036-017-0069-0},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/837571},
}