University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Engineering -- Faculty Publications and Other Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Works 2019 Microbial biosynthesis of lactate esters Jong-Won Lee University of Tennessee, Knoxville Cong T. Trinh University of Tennessee, Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chembiopubs Recommended Citation Lee, Jong-Won and Trinh, Cong T., "Microbial biosynthesis of lactate esters" (2019). Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chembiopubs/103 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Engineering -- Faculty Publications and Other Works at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Lee and Trinh Biotechnol Biofuels (2019) 12:226 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1563-z Biotechnology for Biofuels RESEARCH Open Access Microbial biosynthesis of lactate esters Jong‑Won Lee1,2 and Cong T. Trinh1,2,3* Abstract Background: Green organic solvents such as lactate esters have broad industrial applications and favorable envi‑ ronmental profles. Thus, manufacturing and use of these biodegradable solvents from renewable feedstocks help beneft the environment.