Consequences Of Microbial Interactions With Hydrocarbons, Oils, And Lipids: Production Of Fuels And Chemicals (handbook Of Hydrocarbon And Lipid Microbiology)

Due to our increasing concerns on climate change, environmental problems, and also limited nature of fossil oil and gas, there has been much interest in developing bio-based processes for the production of fuels, chemicals, and materials from renewable resources. This book comprises four parts: bioproduction of fuels, bioproduction of chemicals, microbial facilitation of petroleum recovery, and global consequences of bioproduction of fuels and chemicals. Part 1 is about bioproduction of fuels. Following introductory chapter on bio-based production of fuels, the butanol-ethanol production is showcased. Four chapters are covering the state of the art of algal biofuels including a methodology for lipid screening. Also covered topics include lignocellulosics-based biofuels, synthetic biology for biofuels production by yeast, biomethane as an energy source, carbon dioxide to electofuels, and removal of sulfur from fuels. Part 2 is about bioproduction of chemicals. Following the introductory chapter overviewing the bio-based chemicals production, chapters covering enzyme mining and evolution are presented. Several chemicals including isoprenoids, flavors and fragrances, and fattyacids and derivatives are covered in several chapters. As research works on alternative substrates are progressing, two chapters are allocated on the use of other substrates and also one carbon feedstocks. Chapters on the production of applications of biopolymers, rhamnolipids, and protein emulsifiers are also presented in this Part 2. As covered in the first edition of this book, Part 3 presents several chapters on microbial facilitation of petroleum recovery. In addition to microbially enhanced oil recovery, the use of biosurfactants in oil recovery and the use of microorganisms in processing and upgrading of crude oil are presented. Two interesting chapters are presented in Part 4 on global consequences of bioproduction of fuels and chemicals. This book providing up-to-date overview and global consequences on bio-based production of fuels, chemicals, and materials together with related tools and methodologies will be useful for those who are interested in environmentally friendly processes. Finally, I would like to thank all the authors who wrote their chapters with stateof-the-art information and knowledge to make this book an important reference in the field. I also want to thank the series editor Dr. Ken Timmis for his guidance and colleagues at Springer for their excellent support. This book covers the current states of microbial and related technologies that have been developed for the efficient production of chemicals, fuels and materials by integrating strain and enzyme development, fermentation processes, and downstream processes. The book also covers how microbes and microbial products can be employed to facilitate petroleum recovery. Global consequences of bio-based production of chemicals, fuels and materials are also discussed with insights.