TABLE 3.
Summary of recent progress in microbial biosynthesis of isoprenoid-derived advanced jet fuel candidates.
| Microbial host | Feedstock | Terpene | Potential biojet fuel blendstock | Titer (mg/L) | Scale | Operation | References |
| E. coli | Glucose | Bisabolene | Bisabolane | 912 | 50 mL Flask | Batch | Peralta-Yahya et al. (2011) |
| Linalool | RJ-4 | 505 | Flask | Batch | Mendez-Perez et al. (2017) | ||
| Eucalyptol | Limonane | 653 | Flask | Batch | Mendez-Perez et al. (2017) | ||
| Pinene | Pinene dimers/pinane | 32 | 5 mL Flask | Batch | Sarria et al. (2014) | ||
| Epi-isozizaene | Epi-isozizaane | 728 | 4 L Flask | Batch | Liu et al. (2018) | ||
| Pentalenene | Pentalenane | 780 | 2.5 L Flask | Batch | Liu et al. (2018) | ||
| α-Isocomene | α-Isocomane | 78 | Flask | Batch | Liu et al. (2018) | ||
| Limonene | Limonene/limonane | 1,290 | Flask | Fed-batch | Wu et al. (2019) | ||
| Pure glycerol | Farnesene | Farnesane | 8740 | 7 L Bioreactor | Batch | You et al. (2017) | |
| Limonene | Limonene/limonane | 3,600 | 3.1 L Bioreactor | Fed-batch | Rolf et al. (2020) | ||
| Sabinene | Sabinane | 2,650 | 5 L Bioreactor | Fed-batch | Zhang et al. (2014) | ||
| Myrcene | 2,6-dimethyloctane | 58 | 50 mL Flask | Batch | Kim et al. (2015) | ||
| Crude glycerol | Farnesene | Farnesane | 2,830 | 7 L Bioreactor | Batch | You et al. (2017) | |
| S. cerevisiae | 1.8% galactose/0.2% glucose | Bisabolene | Bisabolane | 994 | 5 mL Flask | Batch | Peralta-Yahya et al. (2011) |
| Pentalenene | Pentalenane | 344 | 5 mL Flask | Batch | Liu et al. (2018) | ||
| Unrefined cane syrup | Farnesene | Farnesane | 130,000 | 200,000 L Bioreactor | Fed-batch | Meadows et al. (2016) | |
| Y. lipolytica | Glucose | Farnesene | Farnesane | 2,555 | 1 L Bioreactor | Batch | Liu Y. et al. (2019) |
| Glycerol | Limonene | Limonene/limonane | 165 | 1.5 L Bioreactor | Fed-batch | Cheng et al. (2019) | |
| Waste cooking oil | Limonene | Limonene/limonane | 2.5 | Flask | Batch | Pang et al. (2019) | |
| Bisabolene | Bisabolane | 973 | 250 mL Flask | Batch | Zhao et al. (2020) | ||
| R. toruloides | Corn stover hydrolysate | Eucalyptol | Limonane | 35 | 2 L Bioreactor | Batch | Zhuang et al. (2019) |
| Bisabolene | Bisabolane | 680 | 2 L Bioreactor | Fed-batch | Yaegashi et al. (2017) | ||
| Synechocystis sp. | CO2 | Bisabolene | Bisabolane | 22 | 3 L Photobioreactor | Batch | Sebesta and Peebles (2020) |
| Limonene | Limonene/limonane | 6.7 | 250 mL Flask | Batch | Lin et al. (2017) |