Twenty-Seventh Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction to Session 1A....Pages 1-2
Agricultural Residue Availability in the United States....Pages 3-21
Canadian Biomass Reserves for Biorefining....Pages 22-40
Availability of Crop Residues as Sustainable Feedstock for Bioethanol Production in North Carolina....Pages 41-54
Updates on Softwood-to-Ethanol Process Development....Pages 55-70
Development of a Multicriteria Assessment Model for Ranking Biomass Feedstock Collection and Transportation Systems....Pages 71-87
Rail vs Truck Transport of Biomass....Pages 88-103
Corn Stover Fractions and Bioenergy....Pages 104-116
Separate and Simultaneous Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Wheat Hemicellulose With Recombinant Xylose Utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 117-129
Biofiltration Methods for the Removal of Phenolic Residues....Pages 130-152
The BTL2 Process of Biomass Utilization Entrained-Flow Gasification of Pyrolyzed Biomass Slurries....Pages 153-164
Emission Profile of Rapeseed Methyl Ester and Its Blend in a Diesel Engine....Pages 165-178
Introduction to Session 1B....Pages 179-179
Properties and Performance of Glucoamylases for Fuel Ethanol Production....Pages 180-194
Heterologous Expression of Trametes versicolor Laccase in Pichia pastoris and Aspergillus niger ....Pages 195-214
Lactose Hydrolysis and Formation of Galactooligosaccharides by a Novel Immobilized β-Galactosidase From the Thermophilic Fungus Talaromyces thermophilus ....Pages 215-225
Evaluation of Cell Recycle on Thermomyces lanuginosus Xylanase A Production by Pichia pastoris GS 115....Pages 226-233
Evaluation of Solid and Submerged Fermentations for the Production of Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase by Paenibacillus campinasensis H69-3 and Characterization of Crude Enzyme....Pages 234-246
Effect of β-Cyclodextrin in Artificial Chaperones Assisted Foam Fractionation of Cellulase....Pages 247-255
RSM Analysis of the Effects of the Oxygen Transfer Coefficient and Inoculum Size on the Xylitol Production by Candida guilliermondii ....Pages 256-264
Enzymatic Synthesis of Sorbitan Methacrylate According to Acyl Donors....Pages 265-277
Effect of Inhibitors Released During Steam-Explosion Pretreatment of Barley Straw on Enzymatic Hydrolysis....Pages 278-288
Purification and Characterization of Two Xylanases From Alkalophilic and Thermophilic Bacillus licheniformis 77-2....Pages 289-302
Oxidation Capacity of Laccases and Peroxidases as Reflected in Experiments With Methoxy-Substituted Benzyl Alcohols....Pages 303-319
Obtainment of Chelating Agents Through the Enzymatic Oxidation of Lignins by Phenol Oxidase....Pages 320-325
Reuse of the Xylanase Enzyme in the Biobleaching Process of the Sugarcane Bagasse Acetosolv Pulp....Pages 326-333
Detection of Nisin Expression by Lactococcus lactis Using Two Susceptible Bacteria to Associate the Effects of Nisin With EDTA....Pages 334-346
Introduction to Session 2....Pages 347-348
Existing Biorefinery Operations That Benefit From Fractal-Based Process Intensification....Pages 349-360
The Importance of Utility Systems in Today’s Biorefineries and a Vision for Tomorrow....Pages 361-381
Extraction of Hyperoside and Quercitrin From Mimosa ( Albizia julibrissin ) Foliage....Pages 382-391
Foam Control in Fermentation Bioprocess....Pages 392-404
Optimization of Biodiesel Production From Castor Oil....Pages 405-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Manipulating the Phenolic Acid Content and Digestibility of Italian Ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum ) by Vacuolar-Targeted Expression of a Fungal Ferulic Acid Esterase....Pages 416-426
Variation of S/G Ratio and Lignin Content in a Populus Family Influences the Release of Xylose by Dilute Acid Hydrolysis....Pages 427-435
Enhanced Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis by Elicitation in Transformed Plant Root System....Pages 436-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Preliminary Results on Optimization of Pilot Scale Pretreatment of Wheat Straw Used in Coproduction of Bioethanol and Electricity....Pages 448-460
The Combined Effects of Acetic Acid, Formic Acid, and Hydroquinone on Debaryomyces hansenii Physiology....Pages 461-475
Bioethanol From Cellulose With Supercritical Water Treatment Followed by Enzymatic Hydrolysis....Pages 476-485
Enhancement of the Enzymatic Digestibility of Waste Newspaper Using Tween....Pages 486-495
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Ethanol Production From Steam-Explosion Pretreated Wheat Straw....Pages 496-508
Catalyst Transport in Corn Stover Internodes....Pages 509-527
Evaluation of Cellulase Preparations for Hydrolysis of Hardwood Substrates....Pages 528-545
Steam Pretreatment of Acid-Sprayed and Acid-Soaked Barley Straw for Production of Ethanol....Pages 546-562
Reaction Kinetics of Stover Liquefaction in Recycled Stover Polyol....Pages 563-573
Liquefaction of Corn Stover and Preparation of Polyester From the Liquefied Polyol....Pages 574-585
Enzymatic Production of Xylooligosaccharides From Corn Stover and Corn Cobs Treated With Aqueous Ammonia....Pages 586-598
Optimal Conditions for Alkaline Detoxification of Dilute-Acid Lignocellulose Hydrolysates....Pages 599-611
Reintroduced Solids Increase Inhibitor Levels in a Pretreated Corn Stover Hydrolysate....Pages 612-620
Modeling of a Continuous Pretreatment Reactor Using Computational Fluid Dynamics....Pages 621-630
Ethanol Production From Pretreated Olive Tree Wood and Sunflower Stalks by an SSF Process....Pages 631-643
Front Matter....Pages 644-644
The Development of Cement and Concrete Additive....Pages 645-658
Production of Bacillus sphaericus Entomopathogenic Biomass Using Brewery Residues....Pages 659-667
Batch (One- and Two-Stage) Production of Biodiesel Fuel From Rapeseed Oil....Pages 668-679
Optimization of Distilled Monoglycerides Production....Pages 680-693
Production of Lactic Acid From Cheese Whey by Batch and Repeated Batch Cultures of Lactobacillus sp. RKY2....Pages 694-704
Production of Bacterial Cellulose by Gluconacetobacter sp. RKY5 Isolated From Persimmon Vinegar....Pages 705-715
Natural Compounds Obtained Through Centrifugal Molecular Distillation....Pages 716-726
Biosurfactants Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa FR Using Palm Oil....Pages 727-737
Novel Approach of Corn Fiber Utilization....Pages 738-750
Front Matter....Pages 644-644
Stimulation of Nisin Production From Whey by a Mixed Culture of Lactococcus lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 751-761
Biochar As a Precursor of Activated Carbon....Pages 762-773
Moisture Sorption, Transport, and Hydrolytic Degradation in Polylactide....Pages 774-785
Front Matter....Pages 786-786
 Zymomonas mobilis As Catalyst for the Biotechnological Production of Sorbitol and Gluconic Acid....Pages 787-794
Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Efficient Production of Pure L -(+)-Lactic Acid....Pages 795-807
A Unique Feature of Hydrogen Recovery in Endogenous Starch-to-Alcohol Fermentation of the Marine Microalga, Chlamydomonas perigranulata ....Pages 808-828
Detailed Analysis of Modifications in Lignin After Treatment With Cultures Screened for Lignin Depolymerizing Agents....Pages 829-843
Optimization of L -(+)-Lactic Acid Production Using Pelletized Filamentous Rhizopus oryzae NRRL 395....Pages 844-853
A Simple Method to Generate Chromosomal Mutations in Lactobacillus plantarum Strain TF103 to Eliminate Undesired Fermentation Products....Pages 854-863
Production of Insoluble Exopolysaccharide of Agrobacterium sp. (ATCC 31749 and IFO 13140)....Pages 864-869
Selective Utilization of Fructose to Glucose by Candida magnoliae , an Erythritol Producer....Pages 870-879
Biosurfactant Production by Rhodococcus erythropolis Grown on Glycerol As Sole Carbon Source....Pages 880-886
Methane Production in a 100-L Upflow Bioreactor by Anaerobic Digestion of Farm Waste....Pages 887-896
Biomodification of Coal to Remove Mercury....Pages 897-908
Introduction to Session 6....Pages 909-910
Enzymatic Conversion of Waste Cooking Oils Into Alternative Fuel—Biodiesel....Pages 911-921
Inulin-Containing Biomass for Ethanol Production....Pages 922-932
Production of Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Pseudomonas aeruginosa With Fatty Acids and Alternative Carbon Sources....Pages 933-941
Production and Rheological Characterization of Biopolymer of Sphingomonas capsulata ATCC 14666 Using Conventional and Industrial Media....Pages 942-950
Inulinase Production by Kluyveromyces marxianus NRRL Y-7571 Using Solid State Fermentation....Pages 951-958
Macroscopic Mass and Energy Balance of a Pilot Plant Anaerobic Bioreactor Operated Under Thermophilic Conditions....Pages 959-968
Ethyl Alcohol Production Optimization by Coupling Genetic Algorithm and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network....Pages 969-984
Lactic Acid Recovery From Cheese Whey Fermentation Broth Using Combined Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration Membranes....Pages 985-996
Fermentation of Rice Straw/Chicken Manure to Carboxylic Acids Using a Mixed Culture of Marine Mesophilic Micoorganisms....Pages 997-1014
Construction of Recombinant Bacillus subtilis for Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates....Pages 1015-1022
Microorganism Screening for Limonene Bioconversion and Correlation With RAPD Markers....Pages 1023-1033
Use of Different Adsorbents for Sorption and Bacillus polymyxa Protease Immobilization....Pages 1034-1040
Simulation and Optimization of a Supercritical Extraction Process for Recovering Provitamin A....Pages 1041-1050
Affinity Foam Fractionation of Trichoderma Cellulase....Pages 1051-1065
Molecular Distillation....Pages 1066-1076
Application of Two-Stage Biofilter System for the Removal of Odorous Compounds....Pages 1077-1088
Back Matter....Pages 1089-1097