Sustainable Biotechnology

Applications of Biotechnology for the Utilization of Renewable Energy ResourcesOm V. Singh and Steven P. Harvey Chapter 1Heat and mass transport in processing of lignocellulosic biomass for fuels and chemicalsSridhar Viamajala, Bryon S. Donohoe, Stephen R. Decker, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael J. Selig, Michael E. Himmel, and Melvin P. Tucker Chapter 2Biofuels from Lignocellulosic BiomassXiaorong Wu, James McLaren, Ron Madl and Donghai Wang Chapter 3Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels - The Case for Biodiesel, Biobutanol and Cellulosic EthanolPalligarnai T. Vasudevan, Michael D. Gagnon and Michael S. Briggs Chapter 4Biotechnological Applications of Hemicellulosic Derived Sugars: State-of-the-artAnuj K. Chandel, Om V. Singh and L.Venkateswar Rao Chapter 5Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery (TGER)James J. Valdes and Jerry B. Warner Chapter 6Production of Methane Biogas as Fuel through Anaerobic DigestionZhongtang Yu and Floyd L. Schanbacher Chapter 7Waste to renewable energy: a sustainable and green approach towards production of biohydrogen by acidogenic fermentationS. Venkata Mohan Chapter 8Bacterial communities in various conditions of the composting reactor revealed by 16S rDNA clone analysis and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresisKeiko Watanabe, Norio Nagao, Tatsuki Toda and Norio Kurosawa Chapter 9Perspectives on Bioenergy and BiofuelsElinor L. Scott, A. Maarten J. Kootstra and Johan P.M. Sanders Chapter 10Perspectives on Chemicals from Renewable ResourcesElinor L. Scott, Johan P.M. Sanders and Alexander Steinbüchel Chapter 11Microbial Lactic Acid Production from Renewable ResourcesYebo Li and Fengjie Cui Chapter 12Microbial production of potent phenolic-antioxidants through solid state fermentation SilviaMartins, Diego Mercado, Marco Mata-Gómez, Luis Rodriguez, Antonio Aguilera-Carbo, Raul Rodriguez and Cristóbal N. Aguilar Chapter 13 Photoautotrophic production of astaxanthin by the microalga Haematococcus pluvialisEsperanza Del Río, F. Gabriel Acién and