Ebook: Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty–Third Symposium

In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Third Symposium, leading US and international researchers from academia, industry, and government present state-of-the-art research on how biotechnology is being used to produce economically competitive fuels and chemicals. The articles range from a discussion of advances in biomass production and processing, to commercialization of bio-based products. Additional topics include enzyme and microbial biocatalysts, bioprocessing research and development, the pros and cons of mixing oil and ethanol, and emerging biorefinery opportunities. The field continues to expand, and the ideas and techniques described will play important roles in developing new biological processes for producing fuels and chemicals on a large scale, and for reducing pollution and waste disposal problems, and their adverse impacts on global climate change. Cutting-edge and authoritative, Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Third Symposium provides an excellent overview of current research and development in the production of commodity fuels and chemicals via biological transformation.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-4
Two-Step Steam Pretreatment of Softwood with SO2 Impregnation for Ethanol Production....Pages 5-21
Predicting Digestibility of Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX)-Treated Rice Straw....Pages 23-35
Improvement of Photosynthetic CO2 Fixation at High Light Intensity Through Reduction of Chlorophyll Antenna Size....Pages 37-48
Dilute-Acid Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse at Varying Conditions....Pages 49-58
SO2-Catalyzed Steam Explosion of Corn Fiber for Ethanol Production....Pages 59-72
Chemical Pretreatments of Corn Stover for Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility....Pages 73-87
Technoeconomic Study on Steam Explosion Application in Biomass Processing....Pages 89-99
Modeling of 2,4-DichIorophenoxyacetic Acid Controlled-Release Kinetics from Lignin-Based Formulations....Pages 101-107
Comparison of Aspen Wood Hydrolysates Produced by Pretreatment with Liquid Hot Water and Carbonic Acid....Pages 109-121
Optimizing Ammonia Processing Conditions to Enhance Susceptibility of Legumes to Fiber Hydrolysis....Pages 123-134
Optimizing Ammonia Processing Conditions to Enhance Susceptibility of Legumes to Fiber Hydrolysis....Pages 135-146
Effects of Operating Parameters on Countercurrent Extraction of Hemicellulosic Sugars from Pretreated Softwood....Pages 147-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-163
Production of Recombinant Bleaching Enzymes from Thermophilic Microorganisms in Fungal Hosts....Pages 165-176
Presence and Physiologic Regulation of Alcohol Oxidase Activity in an Indigenous Fungus Isolated from Petroleum-Contaminated Soils....Pages 177-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-203
Effect of pH on the Stability of Hexokinase and Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase....Pages 205-213
Exploration of Cellulose Surface-Binding Properties of Acidothermus cellulolyticus Cel5A by Site-Specific Mutagenesis....Pages 215-228
Isolation and Characterization of Thermophilic Benzothiophene-Degrading Mycobacterium sp.....Pages 229-241
A Technique for Mycelial Development of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Agar Media....Pages 243-255
Screening of Soil Bacteria for Production of Biocleaner....Pages 257-263
Reduction of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol by Ethanologenic Strains of Bacteria and Its Effect on Ethanol Production from Xylose....Pages 161-163
Characterization of Heterologous and Native Enzyme Activity Profiles in Metabolically Engineered Zymomonas Mobilis Strains During Batch Fermentation of Glucose and Xylose Mixtures....Pages 265-272
Action of White-Rot Fungus Panus tigrinus on Sugarcane Bagasse....Pages 273-287
Production of Chelating Agents Through the Enzymatic Oxidation of Acetosolv Sugarcane Bagasse Lignin....Pages 289-300
Effect of Single Active-Site Cleft Mutation on Product Specificity in a Thermostable Bacterial Cellulase....Pages 301-309
Foam Fractionation of a Dilute Solution of Bovine Lactoferrin....Pages 311-318
Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase Activities of Candida guilliermondii as a Function of Different Treatments of Sugarcane Bagasse Hemicellulosic Hydrolysate Employing Experimental Design....Pages 319-326
Purification and Characterization of a Microbial Dehydrogenase....Pages 327-340
Performance Testing of Zymomonas mobilis Metabolically Engineered for Cofermentation of Glucose, Xylose, and Arabinose....Pages 341-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-364
Influence of Mixing Regime on Enzymatic Saccharification of Steam-Exploded Softwood Chips....Pages 365-371
Use of Immobilized Candida Yeast Cells for Xylitol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate....Pages 373-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-394
Use of Measurement Uncertainty Analysis to Assess Accuracy of Carbon Mass Balance Closure for a Cellulase Production Process....Pages 395-402
The Effect of Bioindicator Preparation and Storage on Thermal Resistance of Bacillus stearothermophilus Spores....Pages 403-413
The Effect of Composition of Parenteral Solution on the Thermal Resistance of Bacillus stearothermophilus and Bacillus subtilis Spores....Pages 415-428
Production of Acetone Butanol Ethanol from Degermed Corn Using Clostridium beijerinckii BA101....Pages 429-448
Treatment with Lignin Residue....Pages 449-458
Utilization of Xylitol Dehydrogenase in a Combined Microbial/Enzymatic Process for Production of Xylitol from D-Glucose....Pages 459-461
Butanol Production by Clostridium beijerinckii BA101 in an Immobilized Cell Biofilm Reactor....Pages 463-472
Pressure Pulsation in Solid-Phase Fermentation....Pages 473-488
Bioreactor Design Studies for a Hydrogen-Producing Bacterium....Pages 489-496
Development of Novel Microscale System as Immobilized Enzyme Bioreactor....Pages 459-461
Cellulase Adsorption and an Evaluation of Enzyme Recycle During Hydrolysis of Steam-Exploded Softwood Residues....Pages 497-507
Production of Specific Copolymers of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Industrial Waste....Pages 509-523
Growth of Lignocellulosic-Fermenting Fungi on Different Substrates Under Low Oxygenation Conditions....Pages 525-538
Inoculum Studies in Production of Penicillin G Acylase by Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14945....Pages 539-551
Comparison of the Fermentability of Enzymatic Hydrolyzates of Sugarcane Bagasse Pretreated by Steam Explosion Using Different Impregnating Agents....Pages 553-561
Ethanol Production from Olive Oil Extraction Residue Pretreated with Hot Water....Pages 563-575
Modeling Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Softwood....Pages 577-589
Production of Coconut Aroma by Fungi Cultivation in Solid-State Fermentation....Pages 591-598
Front Matter....Pages 599-610
Mass Production of Methane from Food Wastes with Concomitant Wastewater Treatment....Pages 611-625
Thermophilic Fermentation of Hydrolysates....Pages 627-640
Development of Continuous Surfactin Production from Potato Process Effluent by Bacillus subtilis in an Airlift Reactor....Pages 641-654
Enhancing the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Materials Using Simultaneous Ball Milling....Pages 655-662
Cadmium Recovery by a Sulfate-Reducing Magnetotactic Bacterium, Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1, Using Magnetic Separation....Pages 663-677
Recirculation of Process Streams in Fuel Ethanol Production from Softwood Based on Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation....Pages 679-686
Intensification of Lipase Performance for Long-Term Operation by Immobilization on Controlled Pore Silica in Presence of Polyethylene Glycol....Pages 687-698
Xylose Reductase Activity of Candida guilliermondii During Xylitol Production by Fed-Batch Fermentation....Pages 699-716
Cofermentation of Glucose, Xylose, and Arabinose by Genomic DNA-lntegrated Xylose/Arabinose Fermenting Strain of Zymomonas mobilis AX101....Pages 717-732
Performance of Immobilized Zymomonas mobilis 31821 (pZB5) on Actual Hydrolysates Produced by Arkenol Technology....Pages 733-746
Enhancement of Oxygen Transfer by Pressure Pulsation in Aqueous Glycerol Fermentation....Pages 747-751
Cellulase Production on Bagasse Pretreated with Hot Water....Pages 459-461
Treatment of Sewage Sludge Generated in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants....Pages 753-764
Influence of Substrate and Product Concentrations on the Production of Cyclodextrins by CGTase of Bacillus firmus, Strain no. 37....Pages 765-773
Gas-Phase Enzymatic Esterification on Immobilized Lipases in MCM-41 Molecular Sieves....Pages 775-789
Esterification Activity and Stability of Candida rugosa Lipase Immobilized into Chitosan....Pages 791-802
Enzymatic Synthesis of Medium Chain Monoglycerides in a Solvent-Free System....Pages 803-813
Front Matter....Pages 815-832
Process Development for Production of Medium Chain Triglycerides Using Immobilized Lipase in a Solvent-Free System....Pages 833-840
Hybrid Neural Modeling of Bioprocesses Using Functional Link Networks....Pages 841-847
Oxygen Uptake Rate in Production of Xylitol by Candida guilliermondii with Different Aeration Rates and Initial Xylose Concentrations....Pages 849-861
Effect of Bubble Size on Foam Fractionation of Ovalbumin....Pages 863-874
Continuous Production of Succinic Acid by a Fumarate-Reducing Bacterium Immobilized in a Hollow-Fiber Bioreactor....Pages 875-883
Mixed Submerged Fermentation with Two Filamentous Fungi for Cellulolytic and Xylanolytic Enzyme Production....Pages 885-898
Studies on Mass Production of Transformed Panax ginseng Hairy Roots in Bioreactor....Pages 899-907
Optimum Conditions for Transformed Panax ginseng Hairy Roots in Flask Culture....Pages 909-920
Oil and Ethanol: An Excellent Mix?....Pages 921-934
Front Matter....Pages 935-945
Molecular Distillation Process for Recovering Biodiesel and Carotenoids from Palm Oil....Pages 947-961
Combined Sedimentation and Filtration Process for Cellulase Recovery During Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass....Pages 963-976
Alkali Hydrolysis of Trinitrotoluene....Pages 977-986
Molecular Distillation....Pages 987-996
Commercialization of Biobased Products....Pages 459-461
Back Matter....Pages 997-1008
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