NOVELTY - Recombinant microorganism comprising (a) one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes that function in a first engineered metabolic pathway to convert acetate to an alcohol and (b) one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes that function in a second engineered metabolic pathway to produce NADH and/or NADPH for use in the conversion of acetate to an alcohol, where the native and/or heterologous enzymes are activated, upregulated or downregulated and are recombinantly introduced into the microorganism, is new.    USE - The recombinant microorganism is useful for: converting biomass to ethanol, acetone, or isopropanol; and increasing acetate uptake from a biomass, which comprises lignocellulosic biomass, and is optionally grass, switch grass, cord grass, rye grass, reed canary grass, mixed prairie grass, miscanthus, sugar-processing residues, sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane straw, agricultural wastes, rice straw, rice hulls, barley straw, corn cobs, cereal straw, wheat straw, canola straw, oat straw, oat hulls, corn fiber, stover, soybean stover, corn stover, forestry wastes, recycled wood pulp fiber, paper sludge, sawdust, hardwood, softwood, and/or agave (all claimed).    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Recombinant microorganism comprising: either (a) one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes that function in a first engineered metabolic pathway to convert acetate to an alcohol and (b) one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes that function in a second engineered metabolic pathway to produce NADH and/or NADPH for use in the conversion of acetate to an alcohol, where the native and/or heterologous enzymes are activated, upregulated or downregulated and are recombinantly introduced into the microorganism; or (a1) one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes that function in one or more first engineered metabolic pathways to convert acetate to acetone and (b1) one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes that function in one or more second engineered metabolic pathways to produce an electron donor used in the conversion of acetate to isopropanol, where the first or second engineered metabolic pathways comprise (i) conversion of acetate to acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA), (ii) conversion of acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA, (iii) conversion of acetoacetyl-CoA to acetoacetate, (iv) conversion of acetoacetate to acetone and (v) conversion of acetone to isopropanol. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) converting biomass to ethanol, acetone, or isopropanol comprising contacting biomass with the recombinant microorganism;    (2) an engineered metabolic pathway for reducing or removing acetate from consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) media; and    (3) increasing acetate uptake from a biomass comprising contacting the biomass with a recombinant microorganism.