Biofuels: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, cartea 108

Fueling Industrial Biotechnology Growth with Bioethanol.- Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials for Efficient Bioethanol Production.- Substrate Pretreatment: The Key to Effective Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics?.- Progress and Challenges in Enzyme Development for Biomass Utilization.- Thermostable Enzymes in Lignocellulose Hydrolysis.- Metabolic Engineering for Pentose Utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Development of Efficient Xylose Fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Xylose Isomerase as a Key Component.- Consolidated Bioprocessing for Bioethanol Production Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Development of Ethanologenic Bacteria.- Zymomonas mobilis for Fuel Ethanol and Higher Value Products.- Coproduction of Bioethanol with Other Biofuels.- Process Engineering Economics of Bioethanol Production.- Policy Options to Support Biofuel Production.

Covers trends in modern biotechnology All aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated More information as well as the electronic version available at springer.com