Ebook: Twenty-Sixth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Sixth 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 high-volume, low-price products from renewable resources, as well as to improve the environment. In addition to the sessions on the conversion of lignocellulose into sugars and the conversion of sugars into products and fuels, this symposium focused on a review of the concept of the biorefinery-the integrated production of multiple products and energy at one site. Session topics included advanced feedstock production and processing, enzyme and microbial biocatalysts, bioprocess research and development, opportunities in biorefineries, and commercialization of biobased products. There was also a session on improving the rate, concentration, and efficiency of biological hydrogen production, and on designing processes to accomplish this. There was a general recognition among the participants of the need to move beyond corn sugar as the primary feedstock into lignocellulosics.
Cutting-edge and authoritative, Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Sixth 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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In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Sixth 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 high-volume, low-price products from renewable resources, as well as to improve the environment. In addition to the sessions on the conversion of lignocellulose into sugars and the conversion of sugars into products and fuels, this symposium focused on a review of the concept of the biorefinery-the integrated production of multiple products and energy at one site. Session topics included advanced feedstock production and processing, enzyme and microbial biocatalysts, bioprocess research and development, opportunities in biorefineries, and commercialization of biobased products. There was also a session on improving the rate, concentration, and efficiency of biological hydrogen production, and on designing processes to accomplish this. There was a general recognition among the participants of the need to move beyond corn sugar as the primary feedstock into lignocellulosics.
Cutting-edge and authoritative, Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Sixth 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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In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Sixth 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 high-volume, low-price products from renewable resources, as well as to improve the environment. In addition to the sessions on the conversion of lignocellulose into sugars and the conversion of sugars into products and fuels, this symposium focused on a review of the concept of the biorefinery-the integrated production of multiple products and energy at one site. Session topics included advanced feedstock production and processing, enzyme and microbial biocatalysts, bioprocess research and development, opportunities in biorefineries, and commercialization of biobased products. There was also a session on improving the rate, concentration, and efficiency of biological hydrogen production, and on designing processes to accomplish this. There was a general recognition among the participants of the need to move beyond corn sugar as the primary feedstock into lignocellulosics.
Cutting-edge and authoritative, Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Sixth Symposium provides an excellent overview of current research and development in the production of commodity fuels and chemicals via biological transformation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Session 1A Feedstock Supply, Logistics, Processing, and Composition....Pages 3-4
Biomechanics of Wheat/Barley Straw and Corn Stover....Pages 5-19
Effect of Additions on Ensiling and Microbial Community of Senesced Wheat Straw....Pages 21-46
Large-Scale Ethanol Fermentation Through Pipeline Delivery of Biomass....Pages 47-58
Perspectives on Bioenergy and Biotechnology in Brazil....Pages 59-70
Structural Analysis of Wheat Stems....Pages 71-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Session 1B Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering....Pages 83-83
Activity and Lifetime of Urease Immobilized Using Layer-by-Layer Nano Self-Assembly on Silicon Microchannels....Pages 85-91
Production of Cellulase/?-Glucosidase by the Mixed Fungi Culture of Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus phoenicis on Dairy Manure....Pages 93-104
Lipase Production by Solid-State Fermentation....Pages 105-116
Hydrolysis of New Phthalimide-Derived Esters Catalyzed by Immobilized Lipase....Pages 117-128
Oxidation of Glucose to Gluconic Acid by Glucose Oxidase in a Membrane Bioreactor....Pages 129-148
Weak Lignin-Binding Enzymes....Pages 149-162
Sugarcane Bagasse Pulps....Pages 163-170
Enzymatic Bleaching of Organosolv Sugarcane Bagasse Pulps with Recombinant Xylanase of the Fungus Humicola grisea and with Commercial Cartazyme HS Xylanase....Pages 171-181
Intracellular Fate of Hydrocarbons....Pages 183-194
Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Steam-Exploded and Ethanol Organosolv-Pretreated Douglas-Fir by Novel and Commercial Fungal Cellulases....Pages 195-203
Kinetics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Alcoholysis of Soybean Oil in n-Hexane....Pages 205-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-230
Wood Cellulignin as an Alternative Matrix for Enzyme Immobilization....Pages 231-241
Utilization of Methyloleate in Production of Microbial Lipase....Pages 81-81
Detection of NAD+-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activities in YR-1 Strain of Mucor circinelloides, a Potential Bioremediator of Petroleum Contaminated Soils....Pages 243-254
Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from Excess Activated Sludge Under Various Oxidation-Reduction Potentials (ORP) by Using Acetate and Propionate as Carbon Sources....Pages 255-268
Enzyme Pretreatment of Grass Lignocellulose for Potential High-Value Co-products and an Improved Fermentable Substrate....Pages 269-277
High-Yield Bacillus subtilis Protease Production by Solid-State Fermentation....Pages 279-288
Profile of Enzyme Production by Trichoderma reesei Grown on Corn Fiber Fractions....Pages 289-301
Effect of Media Composition and Growth Conditions on Production of ?-Glucosidase by Aspergillus niger C-6....Pages 303-310
A Sequential Enzymatic Microreactor System for Ethanol Detection of Gasohol Mixtures....Pages 311-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-334
Session 2 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering....Pages 335-345
Bioabatement to Remove Inhibitors from Biomass-Derived Sugar Hydrolysates....Pages 347-359
Effects of Aliphatic Acids, Furfural and Phenolic Compounds on Debaryomyces hansenii CCMI 941....Pages 361-371
Evaluation of Inoculum of Candida guilliermondii Grown in Presence of Glucose on Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase Activities and Xylitol Production During Batch Fermentation of Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate....Pages 373-373
Effect of Surface Attachment on Synthesis of Bacterial Cellulose....Pages 375-377
Enhanced Biotransformation of Furfural and Hydroxymethylfurfural by Newly Developed Ethanologenic Yeast Strains....Pages 379-390
Front Matter....Pages 391-401
Session 3 Bioprocessing — Including Separations....Pages 403-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-425
Surfactin Production from Potato Process Effluent by Bacillus subtilis in a Chemostat....Pages 427-437
Effects of Nutrient Supplements on Simultaneous Fermentation of Nisin and Lactic Acid from Cull Potatoes....Pages 439-450
Effect of Reduction in Yeast and Enzyme Concentrations in a Simultaneous-Saccharification-and-Fermentation-Based Bioethanol Process....Pages 451-460
Stability of Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein (GFPuv) in Glucose Solutions at Different Concentrations and pH Values....Pages 461-461
Lactic Acid Production from Cheese Whey by Immobilized Bacteria....Pages 463-464
Enhancing Cellulase Foam Fractionation with Addition of Surfactant....Pages 461-461
Optimization of Alkaline Transesterification of Soybean Oil and Castor Oil for Biodiesel Production....Pages 465-473
Cellulase Production by Trichoderma reesei Using Sawdust Hydrolysate....Pages 475-483
Effects of Fatty Acids on Growth and Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate Production in Bacteria....Pages 485-499
Performance of an Internal-Loop Airlift Bioreactor for Treatment of Hexane-Contaminated Air....Pages 501-527
Increase in Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons During Bioremediation of Crude Oil-Contaminated Sandy Soil....Pages 529-540
Recovery of Organic Acids from Fermentation Broths....Pages 541-552
Production of Nisin by Lactococcus lactis in Media with Skimmed Milk....Pages 553-560
Enhancing Design of Immobilized Enzymatic Microbioreactors Using Computational Simulation....Pages 561-573
Estimation of Bioreactor Efficiency Through Structured Hydrodynamic Modeling Case Study of a Pichia pastoris Fed-Batch Process....Pages 575-580
Sugarcane Bagasse as Raw Material and Immobilization Support for Xylitol Production....Pages 581-591
Removing Proteins from an Aerated Yeast Fermentation by Pulsing Carbon Dioxide....Pages 593-603
The Two-Phase Water/Silicon Oil Bioreactor Prospects in Off-Gas Treatment....Pages 605-618
Leaf Protein from Ammonia-Treated Dwarf Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum cv. Mott)....Pages 619-637
Front Matter....Pages 639-652
Microbial Synthesis and Characterization of Physiochemical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) Produced by Bacteria Isolated from Activated Sludge Obtained from the Municipal Wastewater Works in Hong Kong....Pages 653-671
Front Matter....Pages 673-683
Assessing the Emerging Biorefinery Sector in Canada....Pages 685-693
Front Matter....Pages 695-706
Session 5 Biobased Industrial Chemicals....Pages 707-719
A Glycoside Flavonoid in Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)....Pages 721-730
Characterization of Low Molecular Weight Organic Acids from Beech Wood Treated in Supercritical Water....Pages 461-461
Current Status of Biodiesel Development in Brazil....Pages 731-739
Integrated Processes for Use of Pulps and Lignins Obtained from Sugarcane Bagasse and Straw....Pages 741-752
Simultaneous Biocatalyst Production and Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation for Bioconversion of Cyclohexanone by Recombinant Escherichia coli Expressing Cyclohexanone Monooxygenase....Pages 753-761
Biotransformation of (?)?-Pinene by Aspergillus niger ATCC 9642....Pages 763-763
Characterization of Sol-Gel Bioencapsulates for Ester Hydrolysis and Synthesis....Pages 765-778
Culture Medium Optimization for Acetic Acid Production by a Persimmon Vinegar-Derived Bacterium....Pages 779-779
The Lignol Approach to Biorefining of Woody Biomass to Produce Ethanol and Chemicals....Pages 781-781
Front Matter....Pages 783-794
Session A6 Biomass Pretreatment and Hydrolysis....Pages 795-806
Application of Fenton’s Reaction to Steam Explosion Prehydrolysates from Poplar Biomass....Pages 807-819
Enzyme Recovery and Recycling Following Hydrolysis of Ammonia Fiber Explosion-Treated Corn Stover....Pages 821-826
Ammonium Hydroxide Detoxification of Spruce Acid Hydrolysates....Pages 827-836
Detoxification of Actual Pretreated Corn Stover Hydrolysate Using Activated Carbon Powder....Pages 837-844
Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations for Design of a Pretreatment Screw Conveyor Reactor....Pages 845-859
Front Matter....Pages 861-869
Enzymatic Saccharification and Fermentation of Xylose-Optimized Dilute Acid-Treated Lignocellulosics....Pages 871-882
Fermentability of Water-Soluble Portion to Ethanol Obtained by Supercritical Water Treatment of Lignocellulosics....Pages 883-883
Application of Sequential Aqueous Steam Treatments to the Fractionation of Softwood....Pages 885-886
Acidic Sugar Degradation Pathways....Pages 887-899
Studies into Using Manure in a Biorefinery Concept....Pages 901-910
Effects of Hemicellulose and Lignin on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose from Dairy Manure....Pages 911-922
Critical Conditions for Improved Fermentability During Overliming of Acid Hydrolysates from Spruce....Pages 923-934
Optimization of Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover Using a High-Solids Percolation Reactor....Pages 935-945
Optimization of Steam Pretreatment of SO2-Impregnated Corn Stover for Fuel Ethanol Production....Pages 883-883
Strategies to Enhance the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Softwood with High Residual Lignin Content....Pages 947-961
Understanding Factors that Limit Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Biomass....Pages 963-971
Steam Pretreatment of Salix with and without SO2 Impregnation for Production of Bioethanol....Pages 973-987
Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia....Pages 989-997
Pretreatment of Switchgrass by Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX)....Pages 999-1015
Front Matter....Pages 1017-1030
Session 6B Plant Biotechnology and Feedstock Genomics....Pages 1031-1044
Production of Antioxidant Compounds by Culture of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer Hairy Roots....Pages 1045-1054
Back Matter....Pages 1055-1067
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