Applied Biochemistry and Biotecnology: The Twenty-Eighth Symposium Proceedings of the Twenty-Eight Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals Held April 30–May 3, 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee

Annotation In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Eighth Symposium, leading US and international researchers from academia, industry, and government exchange cutting-edge technical information and update current trends in the development and application of biotechnology for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. This symposium emphasizes advances in biotechnology to produce high-volume, low-price products from renewable resources, while improving the environment. The major areas of interest include advanced feedstock production and processing, enzymatic and microbial biocatalysis, bioprocess research and development, opportunities in biorefineries, and commercialization of biobased products. International and domestic progress on producing liquid biofuels, especially ethanol and biodiesel, is highlighted, and related topics, including bioseparations and optimal integration of biochemical and thermochemical conversion technologies, are featured. Forward-looking and authoritative, Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Eighth Symposium provides an illuminating overview of current research and development in the production of commodity fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass resources via biochemical and thermochemical routes. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction to Session 1A....Pages 1-2 Grass Lignocellulose....Pages 3-15 Enzymatic Microreactors for the Determination of Ethanol by an Automatic Sequential Injection Analysis System....Pages 17-25 Optimization of Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase Production From Bacillus clausii E16 in Submerged Fermentation Using Response Surface Methodology....Pages 27-40 Purification and Characterization of a Cyclomaltodextrin Glucanotransferase From Paenibacillus campinasensis Strain H69-3....Pages 41-55 Acetone Powder From Dormant Seeds of Ricinus communis L....Pages 57-65 Immobilization of Candida antarctica Lipase B by Covalent Attachment to Green Coconut Fiber....Pages 67-80 Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia at Moderate Temperatures....Pages 81-92 β- d -Xylosidase From Selenomonas ruminantium of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 43....Pages 93-104 Biodiesel Fuel Production by the Transesterification Reaction of Soybean Oil Using Immobilized Lipase....Pages 105-114 Thermoinactivation Mechanism of Glucose Isomerase....Pages 115-130 Measuring Cellulase Activity....Pages 131-139 Enzymatic Hydrolysis Optimization to Ethanol Production by Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation....Pages 141-153 Filter Paper Degrading Ability of a Trichoderma Strain With Multinucleate Conidia....Pages 155-160 Use of Glucose Oxidase in a Membrane Reactor for Gluconic Acid Production....Pages 161-170 Enzyme Production by Industrially Relevant Fungi Cultured on Coproduct From Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Plants....Pages 171-183 Production of Biosurfactant by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Grown on Cashew Apple Juice....Pages 185-194 Thermoascus aurantiacus CBHI/Cel7A Production in Trichoderma reesei on Alternative Carbon Sources....Pages 195-204 Introduction to Session 1B....Pages 205-205 Heterologous Acidothermus cellulolyticus 1,4-β-Endoglucanase E1 Produced Within the Corn Biomass Converts Corn Stover Into Glucose....Pages 207-219 The Impact of Enzyme Characteristics on Corn Stover Fiber Degradation and Acid Production During Ensiled Storage....Pages 221-238 Fractionation of Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon) Biomass by Dilute-Acid Pretreatment....Pages 239-252 Heat Extraction of Corn Fiber Hemicellulose....Pages 253-265 An Evaluation of British Columbian Beetle-Killed Hybrid Spruce for Bioethanol Production....Pages 267-280 Production of Cellulolytic and Hemicellulolytic Enzymes From Aureobasidium pulluans on Solid State Fermentation....Pages 281-288 The Effect of Particle Size on Hydrolysis Reaction Rates and Rheological Properties in Cellulosic Slurries....Pages 289-299 Effect of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide on Accumulation of Organic Acids in Liquid Hot Water Pretreated Biomass Hydrolyzates....Pages 301-311 Separation of Glucose and Pentose Sugars by Selective Enzyme Hydrolysis of AFEX-Treated Corn Fiber....Pages 313-325 The Potential in Bioethanol Production From Waste Fiber Sludges in Pulp Mill-Based Biorefineries....Pages 327-337 Dilute Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment of Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Residues for Ethanol Production....Pages 339-352 Xylanase Contribution to the Efficiency of Cellulose Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Barley Straw....Pages 353-365 Effect of Organosolv Ethanol Pretreatment Variables on Physical Characteristics of Hybrid Poplar Substrates....Pages 367-377 Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Olive Tree Pruning Residues....Pages 379-394 Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Two Different Growth Stages of Reed Canarygrass....Pages 395-405 Mitigation of Cellulose Recalcitrance to Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Ionic Liquid Pretreatment....Pages 407-421 Evaluation of Different Biomass Materials as Feedstock for Fermentable Sugar Production....Pages 423-435 Techno-Economic Analysis of Biocatalytic Processes for Production of Alkene Epoxides....Pages 437-449 Evaluation of Liquid-Liquid Extraction Process for Separating Acrylic Acid Produced From Renewable Sugars....Pages 451-461 Enhancement of Rhamnolipid Production in Residual Soybean Oil by an Isolated Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ....Pages 463-470 Optimizing Carbon/Nitrogen Ratio for Biosurfactant Production by a Bacillus subtilis Strain....Pages 471-486 A New Process for Acrylic Acid Synthesis by Fermentative Process....Pages 487-499 Ethanol/Water Pulps From Sugar Cane Straw and Their Biobleaching With Xylanase from Bacillus pumilus ....Pages 501-513 Nisin Production Utilizing Skimmed Milk Aiming to Reduce Process Cost....Pages 515-528 Bacterial Cellulose Production by Gluconacetobacter sp. RKY5 in a Rotary Biofilm Contactor....Pages 529-537 Biosurfactant Production by Cultivation of Bacillus atrophaeus ATCC 9372 in Semidefined Glucose/Casein-Based Media....Pages 539-554 Evaluation of the pH- and Thermal Stability of the Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in the Presence of Sodium Chloride....Pages 555-571 Carboxymethylcellulose Obtained by Ethanol/Water Organosolv Process Under Acid Conditions....Pages 573-582 Response Surface Methodological Approach for Optimization of Free Fatty Acid Removal in Feedstock....Pages 583-593 Optimization of Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Sorbitan Acrylate Using Response Surface Methodology....Pages 595-609 Renewable Energy in the United States....Pages 611-624 Optimizing the Logistics of Anaerobic Digestion of Manure....Pages 625-637 The Relative Cost of Biomass Energy Transport....Pages 639-652 The Effect of Initial Cell Concentration on Xylose Fermentation by Pichia stipitis ....Pages 653-662 Construction and Evaluation of a Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 Whole-Genome Oligonucleotide Microarray....Pages 663-674 Tannase Production by Solid State Fermentation of Cashew Apple Bagasse....Pages 675-688 Studying Pellet Formation of a Filamentous Fungus Rhizopus oryzae to Enhance Organic Acid Production....Pages 689-701 Comparison of Multiple Gene Assembly Methods for Metabolic Engineering....Pages 703-710 Fed-Batch Production of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Using Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 711-720 Conversion of Aqueous Ammonia-Treated Corn Stover to Lactic Acid by Simultaneous Saccharification and Cofermentation....Pages 721-738 Introduction to Session 5....Pages 739-740 Economic Evaluation of Isolation of Hemicelluloses From Process Streams From Thermomechanical Pulping of Spruce....Pages 741-752 Estimation of Temperature Dependent Parameters of a Batch Alcoholic Fermentation Process....Pages 753-763 Thermophilic Anaerobic Digester Performance Under Different Feed-Loading Frequency....Pages 765-775 A Proposed Mechanism for Detergent-Assisted Foam Fractionation of Lysozyme and Cellulase Restored With β-Cyclodextrin....Pages 777-791 Study on the Production of Biodiesel by Magnetic Cell Biocatalyst Based on Lipase-Producing Bacillus subtilis ....Pages 793-803 Production of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids From Cull Potato Using an Algae Culture Process....Pages 805-815 Hybrid Neural Network Model of an Industrial Ethanol Fermentation Process Considering the Effect of Temperature....Pages 817-833 Characterization of Thermostructural Damages Observed in a Seaweed Used for Biosorption of Cadmium....Pages 835-845 Ethanol Fermentation of Various Pretreated and Hydrolyzed Substrates at Low Initial pH....Pages 847-858 The Effects of Engineering Design on Heterogeneous Biocatalysis in Microchannels....Pages 859-873 Utilization of Condensed Distillers Solubles as Nutrient Supplement for Production of Nisin and Lactic Acid from Whey....Pages 875-884 Optimization of Tocopherol Concentration Process From Soybean Oil Deodorized Distillate Using Response Surface Methodology....Pages 885-896 Semicontinuous Production of Lactic Acid From Cheese Whey Using Integrated Membrane Reactor....Pages 897-907 Functional Stability of a Mixed Microbial Consortium Producing PHA From Waste Carbon Sources....Pages 909-925 Separating a Mixture of Egg Yolk and Egg White Using Foam Fractionation....Pages 927-934 Synthesis of Poly(Sorbitan Methacrylate) Hydrogel by Free-Radical Polymerization....Pages 935-946 Hybrid Thermochemical/Biological Processing....Pages 947-956 Physical and Chemical Properties of Bio-Oils From Microwave Pyrolysis of Corn Stover....Pages 957-970 Comparison of Diafiltration and Size-Exclusion Chromatography to Recover Hemicelluloses From Process Water From Thermomechanical Pulping of Spruce....Pages 971-983 Back Matter....Pages 985-992