Recently, Professor Deng Yu's team from the National Engineering Research Center for Grains Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing at Jiangnan University made breakthrough progress in the synthesis of acetic acid from corn stalk hydrolysate using mic

Acetic acid, also known as hydroxyacetic acid, is mainly used as a cleaning agent, toner, and exfoliating ingredient in non-prescription cosmetics. Additionally, acetic acid is also used in chemical cleaning, textile industry, and the production of biodegradable materials such as poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) and polyglycolic acid (PGA). These products have the advantages of biodegradability, biocompatibility, and low toxicity. It is understood that the demand for acetic acid is increasing year by year. According to statistics, the demand for acetic acid in China has reached 25,000 tons/year by 2023, and the compound annual growth rate from 2022 to 2028 is projected to reach 7.1%. Historically, acetic acid has been primarily synthesized from petroleum-based substrates through chemical methods such as acetic acid hydrolysis. However, this approach suffers from issues such as high toxicity, severe pollution, low yield, and high carbon emissions. With the advancement of China's "dual-carbon" strategy, biobased acetic acid synthesized from renewable organic carbon sources like glucose demonstrates more advantages, such as being environmentally friendly, low carbon emissions, simple process, and mild reaction conditions. China is an agricultural powerhouse with abundant biomass resources, including crop residues containing abundant cellulose and hemicellulose, primarily composed of glucose and xylose. According to Zhou Shenghu, a team member and associate researcher at the School of Biotechnology, ...