Twentieth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: Presented as Volumes 77–79 of Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Proceedings of the Twentieth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals Held May 3–7, 1998, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Feedstocks....Pages 3-4
Natural and Somatic Embryo Development in Loblolly Pine....Pages 5-17
Alkaline and Peracetic Acid Pretreatments of Biomass for Ethanol Production....Pages 19-34
Extrusion Processing for Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX)....Pages 35-45
Optimization of Steam Explosion to Enhance Hemicellulose Recovery and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose in Softwoods....Pages 47-54
Two High-Throughput Techniques for Determining Wood Properties as Part of a Molecular Genetics Analysis of Hybrid Poplar and Loblolly Pine....Pages 55-65
Modeling the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Dilute-Acid Pretreated Douglas Fir....Pages 67-81
Environmentally Friendly Lubricating Oil Candidate....Pages 83-89
Comparison of Different Methods for the Detoxification of Lignocellulose Hydrolyzates of Spruce....Pages 91-103
Alfalfa Fiber as a Feedstock for Ethanol and Organic Acids....Pages 105-115
Steam Explosion of Straw in Batch and Continuous Systems....Pages 117-125
Oxidation of Organosolv Lignins in Acetic Acid....Pages 127-132
Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Softwoods....Pages 133-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Applied Biological Research....Pages 145-145
Evaluation of Recombinant Strains of Zymomonas mobilis for Ethanol Production from Glucose/Xylose Media....Pages 147-157
Site-Directed Mutagenesis Study on the Thermal Stability of a Chimeric PQQ Glucose Dehydrogenase and Its Structural Interpretation....Pages 159-168
Isolation and Analysis of Tetraheme-Bound-Cytochrome from Photosynthetic Reaction Centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis ....Pages 169-179
Invertase Production Is Related to the Nitrogen Source in Hansenula anomala ....Pages 181-189
Fermentation Performance Characteristics of a Prehydrolyzate-Adapted Xylose-Fermenting Recombinant Zymomonas in Batch and Continuous Fermentations....Pages 191-204
Kinetics of Xylitol Fermentation by Candida guilliermondii Grown on Rice Straw Hemicellulosic Hydrolysate....Pages 205-210
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
2-Deoxyglucose as a Selective Agent for Derepressed Mutants of Pichia stipitis ....Pages 211-222
Optimization of Biosurfactant Lipopeptide Production from Bacillus subtilis S499 by Plackett-Burman Design....Pages 223-233
The Effect of Glucose on High-Level Xylose Fermentations by Recombinant Zymomonas in Batch and Fed-Batch Fermentations....Pages 235-249
Improving the Catabolic Functions of Desiccation-Tolerant Soil Bacteria....Pages 251-266
A High-Copy-Number Plasmid Capable of Replication in Thermophilic Cyanobacteria....Pages 267-275
A Hybrid Neural Model of Ethanol Production by Zymomonas mobilis ....Pages 277-291
Enzyme Production, Growth, and Adaptation of T. reesei Strains QM9414, L-27, RL-P37, and Rut C-30 to Conditioned Yellow Poplar Sawdust Hydrolysate....Pages 293-309
L-Asparaginase II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 311-316
Construction and Characterization of Fermentative Lactate Dehydrogenase Escherichia coli Mutant and Its Potential for Bacterial Hydrogen Production....Pages 317-323
Subunit Analyses of a Novel Thermostable Glucose Dehydrogenase Showing Different Temperature Properties According to Its Quaternary Structure....Pages 325-335
Expression of Luciferase Gene Under Control of the puf Promoter from Rhodobacter sphaeroides ....Pages 337-345
Aspects of Xylitol Formation in Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate by Candida guilliermondii in the Presence of Tetracycline....Pages 347-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Bioprocessing Research....Pages 357-358
Ethanol Production from Corn Starch in a Fluidized-Bed Bioreactor....Pages 359-372
Fermentation Kinetics of Ethanol Production from Glucose and Xylose by Recombinant Saccharomyces 1400(pLNH33)....Pages 373-388
Accumulation of Biopolymers in Activated Sludge Biomass....Pages 389-399
Optimization of L-Lactic Acid Production from Glucose by Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 52311....Pages 401-407
Simultaneous Saccharification and Extractive Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Materials into Lactic Acid in a Two-Zone Fermentor-Extractor System....Pages 409-419
Microbial Dynamics in Oil-Impacted Prairie Soil....Pages 421-434
Bioconversion of Secondary Fiber Fines to Ethanol Using Counter-Current Enzymatic Saccharification and Co-Fermentation....Pages 435-444
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Conversion of Industrial Food Wastes by Alcaligenes Latus into Polyhydroxyalkanoates....Pages 445-454
Bioconversion of Mixed Solids Waste to Ethanol....Pages 455-472
Separation Optimization for the Recovery of Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol....Pages 473-484
Electrodialysis of Acetate Fermentation Broths....Pages 485-499
Partitioning Invertase Between a Dilute Water Solution and Generated Droplets....Pages 501-510
Bioconversion of Fumarate to Succinate Using Glycerol as a Carbon Source....Pages 511-520
Biosorption of Actinides from Dilute Waste Actinide Solution by Egg-Shell Membrane....Pages 521-533
Ethanol Production by a Flocculant Yeast Strain in a CSTR Type Fermentor with Cell Recycling....Pages 535-545
Ethanol Production Using Concentrated Oak Wood Hydrolysates and Methods to Detoxify....Pages 547-559
Performance of Fibrous Bed Bioreactor for Treating Odorous Gas....Pages 561-569
A Preliminary Information About Continuous Fermentation Using Cell Recycling for Improving Microbial Xylitol Production Rates....Pages 571-575
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Emerging Opportunities for Industrial Chemicals....Pages 579-579
Front Matter....Pages 581-581
Bioprocess Evaluation and Confirmation....Pages 583-584
Two-Phase Methanization of Food Wastes in Pilot Scale....Pages 585-593
A Process Economic Approach to Develop a Dilute-Acid Cellulose Hydrolysis Process to Produce Ethanol from Biomass....Pages 595-607
Biomass Conversion to Mixed Alcohol Fuels Using the MixAlco Process....Pages 609-631
Economic Analysis of Selected Lignocellulose-to-Ethanol Conversion Technologies....Pages 633-640
Financing Biotechnology Projects....Pages 641-648
Simultaneous Saccharification and Cofermentation of Dilute-Acid Pretreated Yellow Poplar Hardwood to Ethanol Using Xylose-Fermenting Zymomonas mobilis ....Pages 649-665
Front Matter....Pages 667-667
Enzymatic Processes and Enzyme Production....Pages 669-670
Front Matter....Pages 667-667
Bioconversion of Acrylonitrile to Acrylamide Using a Thermostable Nitrile Hydratase....Pages 671-679
Lignin Peroxidase Production by Streptomyces viridosporus T7A....Pages 681-688
Expression of Trichoderma reesei Exo-Cellobiohydrolase l in Transgenic Tobacco Leaves and Calli....Pages 689-699
Preserving the Activity of Cellulase in a Batch Foam Fractionation Process....Pages 701-712
Bleaching of Kraft Pulp with Commercial Xylanases....Pages 713-722
Laccase from Trametes versicolor ....Pages 723-733
Lignin Peroxidase and Protease Production by Streptomyces viridosporus T7A in the Presence of Calcium Carbonate....Pages 735-744
Characterization and Utilization of Candida rugosa Lipase Immobilized on Controlled Pore Silica....Pages 745-757
Enzymatic Synthesis of Medium-Chain Triglycerides in a Solvent-Free System....Pages 759-770
Lignin Peroxidase Production by Streptomyces viridosporus T7A....Pages 771-778
Screening of Variables in Xylanase Recovery Using BDBAC Reversed Micelles....Pages 779-788
Modeling Cellobiose Hydrolysis with Integrated Kinetic Models....Pages 789-806
Recovery of Cellulase by HPMC-Salt Precipitation....Pages 807-815
Fusel Oil as Precursor for Aroma Generation by Biotransformation Using Lipase....Pages 817-826
Effect of Growth Substrates on Production of New Soluble Glucose 3-Dehydrogenase in Halomonas (Deleya) sp. α-15....Pages 827-834
Enzymatic Alcoholysis of Palm and Palm Kernel Oils....Pages 835-844
Mathematical Modeling of Lipase and Protease Production by Penicillium restrictum in a Batch Fermenter....Pages 845-855
Modification of the Thermoresistance to Spray-Drying of a Cold-Adapted Subtilisin by Genetic Engineering....Pages 857-865
The Nature of Lignin from Steam Explosion/Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Softwood....Pages 867-876
Back Matter....Pages 877-884