Seventeenth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals : Presented as Volumes 57 and 58 of Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

In the Seventeenth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, leading researchers from academia, industry, and government present state-of-the-art papers on how bioengineering can be used to produce fuels and chemicals competitively. This year's program covered topics in thermal, chemical, and biological processing; applied biological processing; bioprocessing research; process economics and commercialization; and environmental biotechnology. The ideas and techniques described will play an important role in developing new biological processes for producing fuels and chemicals on a large scale, and in reducing pollution, waste disposal problems, and the potential for global climate change. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Design and Initial Operation of a High-Solids, Pilot-Scale Reactor for Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass....Pages 3-18 Downstream Processing of Acetate Fermentation Broths by Nanofiltration....Pages 19-28 Chemical Interactions Between Aqueous and Organic Phases in a Reactive Extraction Process....Pages 29-38 Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Corn Starch After Extraction of Corn Oil with Ethanol....Pages 39-47 Pretreatment of Sugar Cane Bagasse Hemicellulose Hydrolysate for Xylitol Production by Yeast....Pages 49-56 The Effect of External Reflux on the Foam Fractionation of Proteins....Pages 57-65 Biosorption of Precious Metal Ions by Chicken Feather....Pages 67-74 The Effect of Fermentation (Retting) Time and Harvest Time on Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) Fiber Strength....Pages 75-84 Optimization of Reverse-Flow, Two-Temperature, Dilute-Acid Pretreatment to Enhance Biomass Conversion to Ethanol....Pages 85-101 Sorptive Recovery of Dilute Ethanol from Distillation Column Bottoms Stream....Pages 103-119 Ammonia Recycled Percolation Process for Pretreatment of Herbaceous Biomass....Pages 121-132 Kinetic and Modeling Investigationon on Two-Stage Reverse-Flow Reactoras Applied to Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Agricultural Residues....Pages 133-146 Fractionation of Herbaceous Biomass by Ammonia-Hydrogen Peroxide Percolation Treatment....Pages 147-156 Conversion of Lignocellulosics Pretreated with Liquid Hot Water to Ethanol....Pages 157-170 Pretreatment of Sugar Cane Bagasse for Enhanced Ruminai Digestion....Pages 171-182 Front Matter....Pages 183-191 Ethanolic Fermentation of Lignocellulose Hydrolysates....Pages 193-193 Peculiarities of the Regulation of Fermentation and Respiration in the Crabtree-Negative, Xylose-Fermenting Yeast Pichia stipitis ....Pages 195-199 Inactivation of an Aldehyde/Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824....Pages 201-212 Manipulation of Microalgal Lipid Production Using Genetic Engineering....Pages 213-221 Front Matter....Pages 223-231 Screening for L -Arabinose Fermenting Yeasts....Pages 193-193 Microbial Conversion of Synthesis Gas Components to Useful Fuels and Chemicals....Pages 233-242 Saccharification of Native Sugar Cane Bagasse Pith by the Cross-Synergistic Action of Cellulases from Penicillium sp. CH-M-001 and A. Terreus CH-M-013....Pages 243-251 Increased Xylose Reductase Activity in the Xylose-Fermenting Yeast Pichia stipitis by Overexpression of XYL1 ....Pages 253-265 The Relationship Between Growth Enhancement and pet Expression in Escherichia coli ....Pages 267-276 Factors Contributing to the Loss of Ethanologenicity of Escherichia coli B Recombinants pL0I297 and KO11....Pages 277-292 Studies on Nutrient Requirements and Cost-Effective Supplements for Ethanol Production by Recombinant E. coli ....Pages 293-305 Coal-Induced Enhancement of Ethanol and Biomass Production....Pages 307-326 Bioconversion of Rice Straw Hemicellulose Hydrolysate for the Production of Xylitol....Pages 327-338 Production of Cellulases and Xylanases by Trichoderma viride and Biological Processing of Lignocellulose and Recycled Paper Fibers....Pages 339-347 Factors Affecting Polyhydroxybutyrate Biosynthesis In the Marine Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sp. Strain W-1 S....Pages 349-360 Acquisition of the Ability to Grow Under Autotrophic Conditions By Heterotrophic Bacteria Through the Introduction of DNA Fragments from Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria....Pages 361-366 Production, Characterization, and Application of the Cellulase-free Xylanase from Aspergillus niger ....Pages 367-373 Fermentation of Orange Peel Hydrolysates by Ethanologenic Escherichia coli ....Pages 375-381 Cloning and Expression of Full-Length Trichoderma reesei Cellobiohydrolase I cDNAs in Escherichia Coli ....Pages 383-388 Ethanol Production from Cellulose by Two Lignocellulolytic Soil Fungi....Pages 389-397 Hexokinase Production from S. Cerevisiae ....Pages 399-406 Culture of the Astaxanthinogenic Yeast Phaffia rhodozyma in Low-Cost Media....Pages 407-412 Effect of Culture Conditions on Xylitol Production by Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037....Pages 413-422 Front Matter....Pages 423-430 Production of Cellulase in Solid-State Fermentation with Trichoderma reesei MCG 80 on Wheat Straw....Pages 431-431 Front Matter....Pages 433-442 Detailed Material Balance and Ethanol Yield Calculations for the Biomass-to-Ethanol Conversion Process....Pages 431-431 Production of Cellulase Systems by Selected Mutants of Trichoderma reesei in Solid-State Fermentation and Their Hydrolytic Potentials....Pages 443-459 Recovery and Purification of Lactic Acid from Fermentation Broth by Adsorption....Pages 461-470 Production of L -Malic Acid from Fumaric Acid by Resting Cells of Brevibacterium sp ....Pages 471-480 Solid-State Production of Ethanol from Sorghum....Pages 481-487 Continuous and Simultaneous Fermentation and Recovery of Lactic Acid in a Biparticle Fluidized-Bed Bioreactor....Pages 489-501 Evaluation of Nitrogen Supplements for Bioconversion of Municipal Solid Waste to Lactic Acid....Pages 503-515 Dynamics of the Immobilization of Anaerobic Meshopilic Bacteria on a Plastic Support....Pages 517-524 Continuous Alcoholic Fermentation Process in a Tower Reactor with Recycling of Flocculating Yeast....Pages 525-534 Aerobic Immobilized Cells in Alginate Gel Particles of Variable Density....Pages 535-541 Effect of Corn Steep Liquor on Fermentation of Mixed Sugars by Candida shehatae FPL-702....Pages 543-550 Bioprocessing of Sweet Sorghum with In Situ -Produced Enzymes....Pages 551-561 Influence of the Production of Two Lipopeptides, Iturin A and Surfactin S1, on Oxygen Transfer During Bacillus subtilis Fermentation....Pages 563-569 Hydrodynamics of Bioreactor Systems for Liquid-Liquid Contacting....Pages 571-579 Improvement of Productivity of Yeast Cell with a Novel Airlift Loop Reactor....Pages 581-592 Cellulose Degradation and Ethanol Production by Thermophilic Bacteria Using Mineral Growth Medium....Pages 593-598 Difructose Anhydride-Forming Bacterial Inulinase II and Fructogenic Fungal Inulinase I....Pages 599-604 Modeling Cassava Starch Saccharification with Amyloglucosidase....Pages 605-615 Lactic Acid Fermentation and Adsorption on PVP....Pages 617-625 The Effect of Biotin on the Production of Succinic Acid by Anaerobiospirillum Succiniciproducens ....Pages 627-632 Front Matter....Pages 633-638 Modeling Scale-Up Effects on a Small Pilot-Scale Fluidized-Bed Reactor for Fuel Ethanol Production....Pages 431-431 Development of an Epi-Fluorescence Assay for Monitoring Yeast Viability and Pretreatment Hydrolysate Toxicity in the Presence of Lignocellulosic Solids....Pages 639-647 Biochemical Processing of Heavy Oils and Residuum....Pages 649-657 Front Matter....Pages 659-664 Commercialization of Biomass Ethanol Technology....Pages 665-665 Hydrogen Production by Photosynthetic Microorganisms....Pages 667-676 Ethanol Production from Spent Sulfite Liquor Fortified by Hydrolysis of Pulp Mill Primary Clarifier Sludge....Pages 677-688 Use of K L a as a Criterion for Scaling Up the Inulinase Fermentation Process....Pages 689-698 A Techno-Economic Assessment of the Pretreatment and Fractionation Steps of a Biomass-to-Ethanol Process....Pages 699-709 South Coast Air-Quality Management District (SCAQMD)....Pages 711-727 Likely Features and Costs of Mature Biomass Ethanol Technology....Pages 729-740 Alternative Energy Sources and Technologies for the Pulp and Paper Industry....Pages 741-761 Front Matter....Pages 763-775 Reactor Comparisons for the Biodegradation of Thiodiglycol, a Product of Mustard Gas Hydrolysis....Pages 777-777 A Case Study of the Natural Attenuation of Gas Condensate Hydrocarbons in Soil and Groundwater....Pages 779-789 Biodegradation of Mixed Wastes, in Continuously Operated Cyclic Reactors....Pages 791-801 Mechanisms of Intrinsic Bioremediation of Gas Condensate Hydrocarbons in Saturated Soil....Pages 803-815 Effect of Temperature and Yeast Extract on Microbial Respiration of Sediments from a Shallow Coastal Subsurface and Vadose Zone....Pages 817-826 Operation of a Novel Anaerobic Biofilter for Treating Food-Processing Wastewater....Pages 827-835 Effects of a Heavy Metal (Zinc) on Organic Adsorption Capacity and Organic Removal in Activated Sludge....Pages 837-843 Filamentous Growth in Activated Sludge....Pages 845-849 Application of Sorbent Obtained by Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge for Biological Treatment of Waste Water....Pages 851-856 Front Matter....Pages 857-867 The Effect of Antibiotics on Nitrification Processes....Pages 777-777 Frequency Response of the Glucose Sensor Based on Immobilized Glucose Oxidase Membrane....Pages 869-876 Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Biodegradation of PCBs in Soil Slurry Microcosms....Pages 877-884 Perchloroethylene Utilization by Methanogenic Fed-Batch Cultures....Pages 885-894 Influence of Media on Measurement of Bacterial Populations in the Subsurface....Pages 895-904 Effect of Perchloroethylene (PCE) on Methane and Acetate Production by a Methanogenic Consortium....Pages 905-914 Enhancement of Fe(III), Co(III), and Cr(VI) Reduction at Elevated Temperatures and by a Thermophilic Bacteriumt....Pages 915-922 Microbial Control of Hydrogen Sulfide Production in a Porous Medium....Pages 923-932 Biotreatment of Refinery Spent Sulfidic Caustic by Specialized Cultures and Acclimated Activated Sludge....Pages 933-944 Production of Sulfur from Gypsum as an Industrial Byproduct....Pages 945-957 Estimating Biodegradative Gene Numbers at a JP-5 Contaminated Site Using PCR....Pages 959-969 Pretreatment Technology for the Beneficial Biological Reuse of Municipal Sewage Sludges....Pages 971-982 Microbial Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide in Immobilized, Mixed Cultures of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria with Sewage Digest as Carbon and Energy Source....Pages 983-991 An Economic Analysis of Microbial Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide with Anaerobically Digested Sewage Biosolids as Electron Donor....Pages 993-1002 Immobilization of a Sulfide-Oxidizing Bacterium in a Novel Adsorbent Biocatalyst Support....Pages 1003-1012 Back Matter....Pages 1013-1019 ....Pages 1021-1032