“…Biological funneling for the conversion of lignin-related aromatic compound (LRC) mixtures to performance-advantaged bioproducts (13,14) has been demonstrated, and some of the associated bioproducts include 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (15)(16)(17), itaconic acid (18), polyhydroxyalkanoates (8,19,20), cis,cis-muconic acid (21)(22)(23)(24), vanillin (25,26), substituted styrene molecules (27), pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylic acids (28,29), and β-ketoadipic acid (30), among others, reviewed recently by Weiland et al (12). β-Ketoadipic acid is a six-carbon dicarboxylic acid with a β-ketone (Fig.…”