Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals Held May 5–9, 1996, at Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing....Pages 1-2
Lime Pretreatment of Switchgrass....Pages 3-19
Ammonia Recycled Percolation as a Complementary Pretreatment to the Dilute-Acid Process....Pages 21-34
Preliminary Study of the Pyrolysis of Steam Classified Municipal Solid Waste....Pages 35-44
Two-Phase Model of Hydrolysis Kinetics and Its Applications to Anaerobic Degradation of Particulate Organic Matter....Pages 45-57
Preprocessed Barley, Rye, and Triticale as a Feedstock for an Integrated Fuel Ethanol-Feedlot Plant....Pages 59-70
Biological Research....Pages 71-71
A Stable Lipase from Candida lipolytica ....Pages 73-85
Glucoamylase lsoenzymes Tailoring Through Medium Composition....Pages 87-96
Regulation of Phosphotransferases in Glucose- and Xylose-Fermenting Yeasts....Pages 97-108
Diminished Respirative Growth and Enhanced Assimilative Sugar Uptake Result in Higher Specific Fermentation Rates by the Mutant Pichia stipitis FPL-061....Pages 109-116
Production of Xylitol from D-Xylose by Debaryomyces hansenii ....Pages 117-127
Production of 2,3-Butanediol from Pretreated Corn Cob by Klebsiella oxytoca in the Presence of Fungal Cellulase....Pages 129-139
Oxygen Sensitivity of Algal H 2 -Production....Pages 141-151
Expression of Ascaris suum Malic Enzyme in a Mutant Escherichia coli Allows Production of Succinic Acid from Glucose....Pages 153-158
Reaction Engineering Aspects of α-1,4- d -Glucan Phosphorylase Catalysis....Pages 159-172
Simultaneous Enzymatic Synthesis of Gluconic Acid and Sorbitol....Pages 173-188
Production of Hemicellulose- and Cellulose-Degrading Enzymes by Various Strains of Sclerotium Rolfsii ....Pages 189-201
Asparaginase II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae....Pages 203-212
Production of α-Terpineol from Escherichia coli Cells Expressing Thermostable Limonene Hydratase....Pages 213-220
Fermentation of Biomass-Derived Glucuronic Acid by pet Expressing Recombinants of E. coli B....Pages 221-241
Enhanced Cofermentation of Glucose and Xylose by Recombinant Saccharomyces Yeast Strains in Batch and Continuous Operating Modes....Pages 243-255
Stabilization and Reutilization of Bacillus megaterium Glucose Dehydrogenase by Immobilization....Pages 257-268
Optimization of Seed Production for a Simultaneous Saccharification Cofermentation Biomass-to-Ethanol Process Using Recombinant Zymomonas ....Pages 269-286
Corn Steep Liquor as a Cost-Effective Nutrition Adjunct in High-Performance Zymomonas Ethanol Fermentations....Pages 287-304
Astaxanthinogenesis in the Yeast Phaffia rhodozyma ....Pages 305-314
Polysaccharide Hydrolase Folds Diversity of Structure and Convergence of Function....Pages 315-325
 Acetobacter Cellulosic Biofilms Search for New Modulators of Cellulogenesis and Native Membrane Treatments....Pages 327-338
Experimental Data Analysis....Pages 339-348
Bioprocessing Research....Pages 349-349
Cellulase Production Based on Hemicellulose Hydrolysate from Steam-Pretreated Willow....Pages 351-362
Effect of Impeller Geometry on Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer Coefficients in Filamentous Suspensions....Pages 363-373
Measurement of the Steady-State Shear Characteristics of Filamentous Suspensions Using Turbine, Vane, and Helical Impellers....Pages 375-385
Production of Fumaric Acid by Immobilized Rhizopus Using Rotary Biofilm Contactor....Pages 387-394
The Effect of Pectinase on the Bubble Fractionation of Invertase from α-Amylase....Pages 395-408
Lipase Production by Penicillium restrictum in a Bench-Scale Fermenter....Pages 409-421
Potassium Acetate by Fermentation with Clostridium thermoaceticum ....Pages 423-433
Membrane-Mediated Extractive Fermentation for Lactic Acid Production from Cellulosic Biomass....Pages 435-448
Enzyme-Supported Oil Extraction from Jatropha curcas Seeds....Pages 449-456
Biogas Production from Jatropha curcas Press-Cake....Pages 457-467
Evaluation of PTMSP Membranes in Achieving Enhanced Ethanol Removal from Fermentations by Pervaporation....Pages 469-482
Performance of Coimmobilized Yeast and Amyloglucosidase in a Fluidized Bed Reactor for Fuel Ethanol Production....Pages 483-493
A Mathematical Model of Ethanol Fermentation from Cheese Whey....Pages 495-509
A Mathematical Model of Ethanol Fermentation from Cheese Whey....Pages 511-525
Modeling Fixed and Fluidized Reactors for Cassava Starch Saccharification with Immobilized Enzyme....Pages 527-540
Fumaric Acid Production in Airlift Loop Reactor with Porous Sparger....Pages 541-556
Maximizing the Xylitol Production from Sugar Cane Bagasse Hydrolysate by Controlling the Aeration Rate....Pages 557-564
Production of Succinic Acid by Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens ....Pages 565-576
Spiral Tubular Bioreactors for Hydrogen Production by Photosynthetic Microorganisms....Pages 577-584
Use of a New Membrane-Reactor Saccharification Assay to Evaluate the Performance of Cellulases Under Simulated SSF Conditions....Pages 585-595
Industrial Needs for Commercialization....Pages 597-597
Net Present Value Analysis to Select Public R&D Programs and Valuate Expected Private Sector Participation....Pages 599-607
A Review of Techno-Economic Modeling Methodology for a Wood-to-Ethanol Process....Pages 609-623
Emerging Topics in Industrial Biotechnology....Pages 625-626
Coupling of Waste Water Treatment with Storage Polymer Production....Pages 627-635
Effect of Surfactants on Carbon Monoxide Fermentations by Butyribacterium methylotrophicum ....Pages 637-647
Principles for Efficient Utilization of Light for Mass Production of Photoautotrophic Microorganisms....Pages 649-658
An Optical Resolution of Racemic Organophosphorous Esters by Phosphotriesterase-Catalyzing Hydrolysis....Pages 659-665
Environmental Biotechnology....Pages 667-667
Hydrodynamic Characteristics in Aerobic Biofilm Reactor Treating High-Strength Trade Effluent....Pages 669-676
A Biological Process for the Reclamation of Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum Using Mixed Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria with Inexpensive Carbon Sources....Pages 677-693
A Preliminary Cost Analysis of the Biotreatment of Refinery Spent-Sulfidic Caustic....Pages 695-706
The Degradation of l -Tyrosine to Phenol and Benzoate in Pig Manure....Pages 707-717
The Potential for Intrinsic Bioremediation of BTEX Hydrocarbons in Soil/Ground Water Contaminated with Gas Condensate....Pages 719-730
Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions by Immobilized Phytic Acid....Pages 731-741
Observations of Metabolite Formation and Variable Yield in Thiodiglycol Biodegradation Process....Pages 743-757
Pilot-Scale Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soils....Pages 759-773
Relating Ground Water and Sediment Chemistry to Microbial Characterization at a BTEX-Contaminated Site....Pages 775-788
Retaining and Recovering Enzyme Activity During Degradation of TCE by Methanotrophs....Pages 789-796
Spatial and Temporal Variations of Microbial Properties at Different Scales in Shallow Subsurface Sediments....Pages 797-808
Development of a Membrane-Based Vapor-Phase Bioreactor....Pages 809-821
Intrinsic Bioremediation of Gas Condensate Hydrocarbons....Pages 823-834
Effects of a Nutrient-Surfactant Compound on Solubilization Rates of TCE....Pages 835-843
Porphyrin-Catalyzed Oxidation of Trichlorophenol....Pages 845-854
Bacterial Reduction of Chromium....Pages 855-864
Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) by Indigenous Mixed and Pure Cultures Isolated from Coastal Sediments....Pages 865-870
Reduction of Cr(6 + ) to Cr(3 + ) in a Packed-Bed Bioreactor....Pages 871-877
Managed Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Crude Oil....Pages 879-889
Back Matter....Pages 891-897