Twenty-First Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: Proceedings of the Twenty-First Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals Held May 2–6, 1999, in Fort Collins, Colorado

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-4
Fundamental Factors Affecting Biomass Enzymatic Reactivity....Pages 5-37
Fourier Transform Infrared Quantification of Sugars in Pretreated Biomass Liquors....Pages 39-50
Floating Cultivation of Marine Cyanobacteria Using Coal Fly Ash....Pages 51-57
A Kinetic Study of Lipase-Catalyzed Alcoholysis of Palm Kernel Oil....Pages 59-68
Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Steam-Pretreated Spruce to Ethanol....Pages 69-80
Cellulose and Hemicellulose Hydrolysis Models for Application to Current and Novel Pretreatment Processes....Pages 81-96
Effect of Chip Size on Steam Explosion Pretreatment of Softwood....Pages 97-110
Simultaneous Saccharification and Cofermentation of Peracetic Acid-Pretreated Biomass....Pages 111-127
Pretreatment of Wastepaper and Pulp Mill Sludge by Aqueous Ammonia and Hydrogen Peroxide....Pages 129-139
Fermentations of Pectin-Rich Biomass with Recombinant Bacteria to Produce Fuel Ethanol....Pages 141-152
Oxidative Cracking of Precipitated Hardwood Lignin by Hydrogen Peroxide....Pages 153-162
Optimizing Ammonia Pressurization/Depressurization Processing Conditions to Enhance Enzymatic Susceptibility of Dwarf Elephant Grass....Pages 163-179
Development of New Ethanologenic Escherichia coli Strains for Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Biomass....Pages 181-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-200
Characterization and Complementation of a Pichia stipitis Mutant Unable to Grow on D -Xylose or L -Arabinose....Pages 201-216
Investigation of the Cell-Wall Loosening Protein Expansin as a Possible Additive in the Enzymatic Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass....Pages 217-223
Butanol Production Using Clostridium beijerinckii BA101 Hyper-Butanol Producing Mutant Strain and Recovery by Pervaporation....Pages 225-235
Enzyme Production of Trichoderma reesei Rut C-30 on Various Lignocellulosic Substrates....Pages 237-245
Nitrogen Regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Invertase....Pages 247-254
 N -Demethylation of Methylene Blue by Lignin Peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium ....Pages 255-265
Endocellulase and Exocellulase Activities of Two Streptomyces Strains Isolated from a Forest Soil....Pages 267-276
Front Matter....Pages 197-200
Comparative Energetics of Glucose and Xylose Metabolism in Recombinant Zymomonas mobilis ....Pages 277-293
Continuous Fermentation Studies with Xylose-Utilizing Recombinant Zymomonas mobilis ....Pages 295-310
Improvement of Enantioselectivity of Chiral Organophosphate Insecticide Hydrolysis by Bacterial Phosphotriesterase....Pages 311-317
Enhanced Alkaline Protease Production in Addition to α-Amylase via Constructing a Bacillus subtilis Strain....Pages 319-327
Methods to Enhance Tolerances of Chlorella KR-1 to Toxic Compounds in Flue Gas....Pages 329-342
Characterization of a High-Productivity Recombinant Strain of Zymomonas mobilis for Ethanol Production from Glucose/Xylose Mixtures....Pages 343-356
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Acetic Acid Inhibition of Rec Zymomonas mobilis ZM4(pZB5)....Pages 357-370
Effects of Environmental Conditions on Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase Production by Candida guilliermondii ....Pages 371-380
Construction of Recombinant Escherichia coli Strains for Polyhydroxybutyrate Production Using Soy Waste as Nutrient....Pages 381-390
Effect of Temperature on Growth of Psychrophilic and Psychrotrophic Members of Rhodotorula aurantiaca ....Pages 391-399
Self-Assembling Photosynthetic Reaction Centers on Electrodes for Current Generation....Pages 401-408
Fabrication of an Electrode-Viologen-Hydrogenase Heterogeneous System and the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution....Pages 409-418
Successive Construction of Cellulase Hyperproducers of Trichoderma Using Hyperpolyploids....Pages 419-429
Effect of Light/Dark Cycle on Bacterial Hydrogen Production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides RV....Pages 431-440
Two-Dimensional Analysis of Proteins Specific to the Bacterial Magnetic Particle Membrane from Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1....Pages 441-446
Salinity-Regulated Replication of the Endogenous Plasmid pSY10 from the Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp.....Pages 447-453
Production of Lactic Acid from Pulp Mill Solid Waste and Xylose Using Lactobacillus delbrueckii (NRRL B445)....Pages 455-468
Design and Performance of a Fibrous Bed Bioreactor for Odor Treatment....Pages 469-478
α-Amylase Production by Free and Immobilized Bacillus subtilis ....Pages 479-485
Effects of Trace Levels of Copper, Chromium, and Zinc Ions on the Performance of Activated Sludge....Pages 487-500
Front Matter....Pages 501-503
Repeated Solid-Phase Fermentation and Extraction for Enzyme Production....Pages 505-524
Ethanol Production from Glucose and Xylose by Immobilized Zymomonas mobilis CP4(pZB5)....Pages 525-541
Coproduction of Ethanol and Glycerol....Pages 543-559
Two-Stage Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Softwoods....Pages 561-576
Simulated Dynamics and Control of an Extractive Alcoholic Fermentation....Pages 577-593
Mathematical Modeling of Controlled-Release Systems of Herbicides Using Lignins as Matrices....Pages 595-615
Influence of Lignocellulose-Derived Aromatic Compounds on Oxygen-Limited Growth and Ethanolic Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 617-632
Effect of the Oxygen Transfer Coefficient on Xylitol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate by Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor Fermentation....Pages 633-641
Study of Biocatalyst to Produce Ethanol from Starch....Pages 643-654
Study of Different Media for Production of Penicillin G Acylase from Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14945....Pages 655-663
High-Yield Fermentation of Pentoses into Lactic Acid....Pages 665-677
Cellulase Production of Trichoderma reesei Rut C 30 Using Steam-Pretreated Spruce....Pages 679-691
Steam Pretreatment of Douglas-Fir Wood Chips....Pages 693-705
Biotreatment of Refinery Spent-Sulfidic Caustic Using an Enrichment Culture Immobilized in a Novel Support Matrix....Pages 707-719
 Lactobacillus plantarum Amylase Acting on Crude Starch Granules....Pages 721-730
Development of a Modified Three-Stage Methane Production Process Using Food Wastes....Pages 731-741
Solid-State Fermentation with Aspergillus niger for Cellobiase Production....Pages 743-749
Effects of Initial pH on Biological Synthesis of Xylitol Using Xylose-Rich Hydrolysate....Pages 751-759
Effect of Shear on Human Insulin in Zinc Suspension....Pages 761-768
Screening of Potential Antibiotic Action of Cellulolytic Fungi....Pages 769-778
Front Matter....Pages 501-503
Mycelial Pellet Formation by Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 20344....Pages 779-789
 L -DOPA Production by Immobilized Tyrosinase....Pages 791-800
Inhibition of Microbial Xylitol Production by Acetic Acid and Its Relation with Fermentative Parameters....Pages 801-808
Anaerobic Digestion from Residue of Industrial Cassava Industrialization with Acidogenic and Methanogenic Physical Separation Phases....Pages 809-819
Use of Corncob for Endoxylanase Production by Thermophilic Fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus IOC-4145....Pages 821-834
Effect of Protein Denaturation on Void Fraction in Foam Separation Column....Pages 835-842
Microbial Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Bacteria Isolated from Oil Wastes....Pages 843-857
Improvements in Titer, Productivity, and Yield Using Solka-Floc for Cellulase Production....Pages 859-874
Front Matter....Pages 875-877
Biodegradability of New Engineered Fuels Compared to Conventional Petroleum Fuels and Alternative Fuels in Current Use....Pages 879-897
Front Matter....Pages 899-902
Cloning and Expression of the Limonene Hydroxylase of Bacillus stearothermophilus BR388 and Utilization in Two-Phase Limonene Conversions....Pages 903-915
Biosurfactants from Potato Process Effluents....Pages 917-930
A Kinetic Study of Synthesis of Amoxicillin Using Penicillin G Acylase Immobilized on Agarose....Pages 931-945
Enzyme Electrochemical Preparation of a 3-Keto Derivative of 1, 5-Anhydro-D-Glucitol Using Glucose-3-Dehydrogenase....Pages 947-954
Enhancement of Selectivity for Producing γ-Cyclodextrin....Pages 955-962
Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Cellulosic Biomass to Acetic Acid....Pages 963-970
Effect of C:N Molar Ratio on Monomer Composition of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Produced by Pseudomonas mendocina 0806 and Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenus YS1....Pages 971-980
Optimal Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Activated Sludge Biomass....Pages 981-989
Polyhydroxybutyrate Production from Carbon Dioxide by Cyanobacteria....Pages 991-1002
Production of Cyclodextrins in a Fluidized-Bed Reactor Using Cyclodextrin-Glycosyl-Transferase....Pages 1003-1019
Occlusion of Transition Metal Ions by New Adsorbents Synthesized from Plant Polyphenols and Animal Fibrous Proteins....Pages 1021-1038
Front Matter....Pages 899-902
Phosphotransacetylase as a Key Factor in Biological Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate....Pages 1039-1044
Front Matter....Pages 1045-1048
Recovery of Volatile Products from Dilute High-Fouling Process Streams....Pages 1049-1061
Adsorption of Inulinases in Ion-Exchange Columns....Pages 1063-1078
Sonic Wave Separation of Invertase from a Dilute Solution to Generated Droplets....Pages 1079-1086
Modeling a Protein Foam Fractionation Process....Pages 1087-1099
β-Xylosidase Recovery by Reversed Micelles....Pages 1101-1111
A Novel Magnetite-Immobilized Cell Process for Heavy Metal Removal from Industrial Effluent....Pages 1113-1126
Effect of Food:Microorganism Ratio in Activated Sludge Foam Control....Pages 1127-1135
Lipase Production by Penicillium testrictum Using Solid Waste of Industrial Babassu Oil Production as Substrate....Pages 1137-1145
Brazilian Bioethanol Program....Pages 1147-1161
Back Matter....Pages 1163-1171