Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

Beetle-Killed Hybrid Spruce for Bioethanol Production.- Production of Cellulolytic and Hemicellulolytic Enzymes From Aureobasidium pulluans on Solid State Fermentation.- The Effect of Particle Size on Hydrolysis Reaction Rates and Rheological Properties in Cellulosic Slurries.- Effect of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide on Accumulation of Organic Acids in Liquid Hot Water Pretreated Biomass Hydrolyzates.- Separation of Glucose and Pentose Sugars by Selective Enzyme Hydrolysis of AFEX-Treated Corn Fiber.- The Potential in Bioethanol Production From Waste Fiber Sludges in Pulp Mill-Based Biorefineries.- Dilute Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment of Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Residues for Ethanol Production.- Xylanase Contribution to the Efficiency of Cellulose Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Barley Straw.- Effect of Organosolv Ethanol Pretreatment Variables on Physical Characteristics of Hybrid Poplar Substrates.- Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Olive Tree Pruning Residues.- Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Two Different Growth Stages of Reed Canarygrass.- Mitigation of Cellulose Recalcitrance to Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Ionic Liquid Pretreatment.- Evaluation of Different Biomass Materials as Feedstock for Fermentable Sugar Production.- Session 3.- Techno-Economic Analysis of Biocatalytic Processes for Production of Alkene Epoxides.- Evaluation of Liquid-Liquid Extraction Process for Separating Acrylic Acid Produced From Renewable Sugars.- Enhancement of Rhamnolipid Production in Residual Soybean Oil by an Isolated Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- Optimizing Carbon/Nitrogen Ratio for Biosurfactant Production by a Bacillus subtilis Strain.- A New Process for Acrylic Acid Synthesis by Fermentative Process.- Ethanol/Water Pulps From Sugar Cane Straw and Their Biobleaching With Xylanase from Bacillus pumilus.- Nisin Production Utilizing Skimmed Milk Aiming to Reduce Process Cost.- Bacterial Cellulose Production by Gluconacetobacter sp. RKY5 in a Rotary Biofilm Contactor.- Biosurfactant Production by Cultivation of Bacillus atrophaeus ATCC 9372 in Semidefined Glucose/Casein-Based Media.- Evaluation of the pH- and Thermal Stability of the Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in the Presence of Sodium Chloride.- Carboxymethylcellulose Obtained by Ethanol/Water Organosolv Process Under Acid Conditions.- Response Surface Methodological Approach for Optimization of Free Fatty Acid Removal in Feedstock.- Optimization of Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Sorbitan Acrylate Using Response Surface Methodology.- Renewable Energy in the United States.- Optimizing the Logistics of Anaerobic Digestion of Manure.- The Relative Cost of Biomass Energy Transport.- Session 4.- The Effect of Initial Cell Concentration on Xylose Fermentation by Pichia stipitis.- Construction and Evaluation of a Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 Whole-Genome Oligonucleotide Microarray.- Tannase Production by Solid State Fermentation of Cashew Apple Bagasse.- Studying Pellet Formation of a Filamentous Fungus Rhizopus oryzae to Enhance Organic Acid Production.- Comparison of Multiple Gene Assembly Methods for Metabolic Engineering.- Fed-Batch Production of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Using Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Conversion of Aqueous Ammonia-Treated Corn Stover to Lactic Acid by Simultaneous Saccharification and Cofermentation.- Bioprocessing and Separations R&D.- to Session 5.- Economic Evaluation of Isolation of Hemicelluloses From Process Streams From Thermomechanical Pulping of Spruce.- Estimation of Temperature Dependent Parameters of a Batch Alcoholic Fermentation Process.- Thermophilic Anaerobic Digester Performance Under Different Feed-Loading Frequency.- A Proposed Mechanism for Detergent-Assisted Foam Fractionation of Lysozyme and Cellulase Restored With ?-Cyclodextrin.- Study on the Production of Biodiesel by Magnetic Cell Biocatalyst Based on Lipase-Producing Bacillus subtilis.- Production of ?-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids From Cull Potato Using an Algae Culture Process.- Hybrid Neural Network Model of an Industrial Ethanol Fermentation Process Considering the Effect of Temperature.- Characterization of Thermostructural Damages Observed in a Seaweed Used for Biosorption of Cadmium.- Ethanol Fermentation of Various Pretreated and Hydrolyzed Substrates at Low Initial pH.- The Effects of Engineering Design on Heterogeneous Biocatalysis in Microchannels.- Utilization of Condensed Distillers Solubles as Nutrient Supplement for Production of Nisin and Lactic Acid from Whey.- Optimization of Tocopherol Concentration Process From Soybean Oil Deodorized Distillate Using Response Surface Methodology.- Semicontinuous Production of Lactic Acid From Cheese Whey Using Integrated Membrane Reactor.- Functional Stability of a Mixed Microbial Consortium Producing PHA From Waste Carbon Sources.- Separating a Mixture of Egg Yolk and Egg White Using Foam Fractionation.- Synthesis of Poly(Sorbitan Methacrylate) Hydrogel by Free-Radical Polymerization.- Session 6.- Hybrid Thermochemical/Biological Processing.- Physical and Chemical Properties of Bio-Oils From Microwave Pyrolysis of Corn Stover.- Comparison of Diafiltration and Size-Exclusion Chromatography to Recover Hemicelluloses From Process Water From Thermomechanical Pulping of Spruce.