Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Ninth Symposium (ABAB Symposium)

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction to Session 1A: Feedstock Genomics and Development....Pages 1-2
High-resolution Thermogravimetric Analysis For Rapid Characterization of Biomass Composition and Selection of Shrub Willow Varieties....Pages 3-11
Assessment of Bermudagrass and Bunch Grasses as Feedstock for Conversion to Ethanol....Pages 13-21
Rapid Isolation of the Trichoderma Strain with Higher Degrading Ability of a Filter Paper and Superior Proliferation Characteristics Using Avicel Plates and the Double-Layer Selection Medium....Pages 23-28
A Comparison of Simple Rheological Parameters and Simulation Data for Zymomonas mobilis Fermentation Broths with High Substrate Loading in a 3-L Bioreactor....Pages 29-38
Effects of Oxygen Limitation on Xylose Fermentation, Intracellular Metabolites, and Key Enzymes of Neurospora crassa AS3.1602....Pages 39-51
Fermentation of Acid-pretreated Corn Stover to Ethanol Without Detoxification Using Pichia stipitis ....Pages 53-58
Bioethanol Production from Uncooked Raw Starch by Immobilized Surface-engineered Yeast Cells....Pages 59-67
Effects of Gene Orientation and Use of Multiple Promoters on the Expression of XYL1 and XYL2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 69-78
Bioreactors for H 2 Production by Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria....Pages 79-86
Solid-state Fermentation of Xylanase from Penicillium canescens 10-10c in a Multi-layer-packed Bed Reactor....Pages 87-98
Ethanol Production from Wet-Exploded Wheat Straw Hydrolysate by Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Thermoanaerobacter BG1L1 in a Continuous Immobilized Reactor....Pages 99-110
Succinic Acid Production from Cheese Whey using Actinobacillus succinogenes 130 Z....Pages 111-119
Introduction to Session 2: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering....Pages 121-122
Production of Cyclodextrins by CGTase from Bacillus clausii Using Different Starches as Substrates....Pages 123-133
Effects of pH and Temperature on Recombinant Manganese Peroxidase Production and Stability....Pages 135-147
Xylanase Production by Bacillus circulans D1 Using Maltose as Carbon Source....Pages 149-157
Immobilization of Fungal β-Glucosidase on Silica Gel and Kaolin Carriers....Pages 159-167
Immobilization of Yarrowia lipolytica Lipase—A Comparison of Stability of Physical Adsorption and Covalent Attachment Techniques....Pages 169-176
Heterologous Expression of Aspergillus niger β- d -Xylosidase (XlnD): Characterization on Lignocellulosic Substrates....Pages 177-188
Cloning, Expression and Characterization of a Glycoside Hydrolase Family 39 Xylosidase from Bacillus Halodurans C-125....Pages 189-198
Heterologous Expression of Two Ferulic Acid Esterases from Penicillium funiculosum ....Pages 199-207
Evaluation of a Hypocrea jecorina Enzyme Preparation for Hydrolysis of Tifton 85 Bermudagrass....Pages 209-220
A Novel Technique that Enables Efficient Conduct of Simultaneous Isomerization and Fermentation (SIF) of Xylose....Pages 221-237
The Effects of Wheat Bran Composition on the Production of Biomass-Hydrolyzing Enzymes by Penicillium decumbens ....Pages 239-248
Integrated Biosensor Systems for Ethanol Analysis....Pages 249-256
B- d -Xylosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium : Catalyzed Reactions with Natural and Artificial Substrates....Pages 257-269
Hydrolysis of Ammonia-pretreated Sugar Cane Bagasse with Cellulase, β-Glucosidase, and Hemicellulase Preparations....Pages 271-284
Monoglycerides and Diglycerides Synthesis in a Solvent-Free System by Lipase-Catalyzed Glycerolysis....Pages 285-292
Immobilization of Candida antarctica Lipase B by Adsorption to Green Coconut Fiber....Pages 293-307
Methods and Supports for Immobilization and Stabilization of Cyclomaltodextrin Glucanotransferase from Thermoanaerobacter ....Pages 309-321
Response Surface Methodology as an Approach to Determine Optimal Activities of Lipase Entrapped in Sol—Gel Matrix Using Different Vegetable Oils....Pages 323-334
Improving Activity of Salt-Lyophilized Enzymes in Organic Media....Pages 335-342
Protease Production by Different Thermophilic Fungi....Pages 343-350
Non-ionic Surfactants and Non-Catalytic Protein Treatment on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Creeping Wild Ryegrass....Pages 351-368
Separate and Concentrate Lactic Acid Using Combination of Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membranes....Pages 369-377
Parameter Estimation for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Food Waste Into Ethanol Using Matlab Simulink....Pages 379-389
Lignin Peroxidase from Streptomyces viridosporus T7A: Enzyme Concentration Using Ultrafiltration....Pages 391-400
Oxygen-controlled Biosurfactant Production in a Bench Scale Bioreactor....Pages 401-413
Continuous Production of Ethanol from Starch Using Glucoamylase and Yeast Co-Immobilized in Pectin Gel....Pages 415-429
Lipase Production in Solid-State Fermentation Monitoring Biomass Growth of Aspergillus niger Using Digital Image Processing....Pages 431-443
The Effects of Surfactants on the Estimation of Bacterial Density in Petroleum Samples....Pages 445-452
An Alternative Application to the Portuguese Agro-Industrial Residue: Wheat Straw....Pages 453-464
The Use of Seaweed and Sugarcane Bagasse for the Biological Treatment of Metal-contaminated Waters Under Sulfate-reducing Conditions....Pages 465-473
Development of Activity-based Cost Functions for Cellulase, Invertase, and Other Enzymes....Pages 475-485
Reaction Kinetics of the Hydrothermal Treatment of Lignin....Pages 487-499
Hydrodynamic Characterization of a Column-type Prototype Bioreactor....Pages 501-510
Thermal Effects on Hydrothermal Biomass Liquefaction....Pages 511-518
Bundled Slash: A Potential New Biomass Resource for Fuels and Chemicals....Pages 519-531
Pretreatment Characteristics of Waste Oak Wood by Ammonia Percolation....Pages 533-540
Pretreatment of Whole-Crop Harvested, Ensiled Maize for Ethanol Production....Pages 541-551
Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Ethanol Fermentation of High Dry Matter Wet-Exploded Wheat Straw at Low Enzyme Loading....Pages 553-562
A Comparison between Lime and Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatments of Sugarcane Bagasse for Ethanol Production....Pages 563-576
Substrate Dependency and Effect of Xylanase Supplementation on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Treated Biomass....Pages 577-588
Alkali (NaOH) Pretreatment of Switchgrass by Radio Frequency-based Dielectric Heating....Pages 589-599
Biological Hydrogen Production Using Chloroform-treated Methanogenic Granules....Pages 601-613
Effect of Furfural, Vanillin and Syringaldehyde on Candida guilliermondii Growth and Xylitol Biosynthesis....Pages 615-626
Production and Characterization of Biodiesel from Tung Oil....Pages 627-635
Yeast Biomass Production in Brewery’s Spent Grains Hemicellulosic Hydrolyzate....Pages 637-647
Lipase-Catalyzed Transesterification of Rapeseed Oil for Biodiesel Production with tert -Butanol....Pages 649-657
Bioethanol Production Optimization: A Thermodynamic Analysis....Pages 659-667
Oxidation in Acidic Medium of Lignins from Agricultural Residues....Pages 669-679
Kinetic Modeling and Parameter Estimation in a Tower Bioreactor for Bioethanol Production....Pages 681-691
Analysis of Kinetic and Operational Parameters in a Structured Model for Acrylic Acid Production through Experimental Design....Pages 693-705
Optimization of Oligosaccharide Synthesis from Cellobiose by Dextransucrase....Pages 707-716
Fermentation Kinetics for Xylitol Production by a Pichia stipitis d -Xylulokinase Mutant Previously Grown in Spent Sulfite Liquor....Pages 717-727
Selective Enrichment of a Methanol-Utilizing Consortium Using Pulp and Paper Mill Waste Streams....Pages 729-744
Evaluation of Cashew Apple Juice for the Production of Fuel Ethanol....Pages 745-752
Atmospheric Pressure Liquefaction of Dried Distillers Grains (DDG and Making Polyurethane Foams from Liquefied DDG....Pages 753-761
Bacterial Cellulose Production by Acetobacter xylinum Strains from Agricultural Waste Products....Pages 763-774
Overview of Special Session B—Compositional and Structural Analysis of Biomass....Pages 775-778
What can be Learned from Silage Breeding Programs?....Pages 779-788
Permethylation Linkage Analysis Techniques for Residual Carbohydrates....Pages 789-794