초록
<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>Glycerol as a platform chemical has wide applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries and is a useful feedstock for the production of bio‐based chemicals. There is an increasing demand for sustainable glycerol production and microbial glycerol production is a promising alternative. The paper highlighted this new trend and summarized recent research progress on microbial glycerol production, and focused mainly on the efforts achieved in rational design of <I>S. cerevisiae</I>, as well as <I>Escherichia coli</I>, to overcome the limitations of glycerol production in these two microorganisms. More efforts are required for overcoming hurdles in yield and productivity enhancement for large scale production. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry</P>