Twenty-First Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

Continuous Fermentation Studies with Xylose-Utilizing Recombinant Zymomonas mobilis.- Improvement of Enantioselectivity of Chiral Organophosphate Insecticide Hydrolysis by Bacterial Phosphotriesterase.- Enhanced Alkaline Protease Production in Addition to ?-Amylase via Constructing a Bacillus subtilis Strain.- Methods to Enhance Tolerances of Chlorella KR-1 to Toxic Compounds in Flue Gas.- Characterization of a High-Productivity Recombinant Strain of Zymomonas mobilis for Ethanol Production from Glucose /Xylose Mixtures.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Acetic Acid Inhibition of Rec Zymomonas mobilis ZM4 (pZB5).- Effects of Environmental Conditions on Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase Production by Candida guilliermondii.- Construction of Recombinant Escherichia coli Strains for Polyhydroxybutyrate Production Using Soy Waste as Nutrient.- Effect of Temperature on Growth of Psychrophilic and Psychrotrophic Members of Rhodotorula aurantiaca.- Self-Assembling Photosynthetic Reaction Centers on Electrodes for Current Generation.- Fabrication of an Electrode-Viologen-Hydrogenase Heterogeneous System and the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution.- Successive Construction of Cellulase Hyperproducers of Trichoderma Using Hyperpolyploids.- Effect of Light/Dark Cycle on Bacterial Hydrogen Production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides RV: From Hour to Second Range.- Two-Dimensional Analysis of Proteins Specific to the Bacterial Magnetic Particle Membrane from Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1.- Salinity-Regulated Replication of the Endogenous Plasmid pSY10 from the Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp..- Production of Lactic Acid from Pulp Mill Waste and Xylose Using Lactobacillus delbrueckii (NRRL B445).- Design and Performance of a Fibrous Bed Bioreactor for Odor Treatment.- ?-Amylase Production by Free and Immobilized Bacillus subtilis.- Effects of Trace Levels of Copper, Chromium, and Zinc Ions on the Performance of Activated Sludge.- Repeated Solid-Phase Fermentation and Extraction for Enzyme Production.- Ethanol Production from Glucose amd Xylose by Immobilized Zymomonas mobilis CP4 (pZB5).- Coproduction of Ethanol and Glycerol.- Two-Stage Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Softwoods.- Simulated Dynamics and Control of an Extractive Alcoholic Fermentation.- Mathematical Modeling of Controlled-Release Systems of Herbicides Using Lignins as Matrices: A Review.- Influence of Lignocellulose-Derived Aromatic Compounds on Oxygen-Limited Growth and Ethanolic Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- Efect of the Oxygen Transfer Coefficient on Xylitol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate by Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor Fermentation.- Study of Biocatalyst to Produce Ethanol from Starch: Coimmobilization of Glucoamylase and Yeast in Gel.- Study of Different Media for Production of Penicillin G Acylase from Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14945.- High-Yield Fermentation of Pentoses into Lactic Acid.- Cellulase Production of Trichoderma reesei Rut C 30 Using Steam-Pretreated Spruce: Hydrolytic Potential of Cellulases on Different Substrates.- Steam Pretreatment of Douglas-Fir Wood Chips: Can Conditions for Optimum Hemicellulose Recovery Still Provide Adequate Access for Efficient Enzymatic Hydrolysis?.- Biotreatment of Refinery Spent-Sulfidic Caustic Using an Enrichment Culture Immobilized in a Novel Support Matrix.- Lactobacillus plantarum Amylase Acting on Crude Starch Granules: Native Isoforms and Activity Changes After Limited Proteolysis.- Development of a Modified Three-Stage Methane Production Process Using Food Wastes.- Solid-State Fermentation with Aspergillus niger for Cellobiase Production.- Effects of Initial pH on Biological Synthesis of Xylitol Using Xylose-Rich Hydrolysate.- Effect of Shear on Human Insulin in Zinc Suspension.- Screening of Potential Antibiotic Action of Cellulolytic Fungi.- Mycelial Pellet Formation by Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 20344.- L-DOPA Production by Immobilized Tyrosinase.- Inhibition of Microbial Xylitol Production by Acetic Acid and Its Relation with Fermentative Parameters.- Anaerobic Digestion from Residue of Industrial Cassava Industrialization with Acidogenic and Methanogenic Physical Separation Phases.- Use of Corncob for Endoxylanase Production by Thermophilic Fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus IOC-4145.- Effect of Protein Denaturation on Void Fraction in Foam Separation Column.- Microbial Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Bacteria Isolated from Oil Wastes.- Improvements in Titer, Productivity, and Yield Using Solka-Floc for Cellulase Production.- Biodegradability of New Engineered Fuels Compared to Conventional Petroleum Fuels and Alternative Fuels in Current Use.- Cloning and Expression of the Limonene Hydroxylase of Bacillus stearothermophilus BR388 and Utilization in Two-Phase Limonene Conversions.- Biosurfactants from Potato Process Effluents.- A Kinetic Study of Synthesis of Amoxicillin Using Penicillin G Acylase Immobilized on Agarose.- Enzyme Electrochemical Preparation of a 3-Keto Derivative of 1, 5-Anhydro-D-Glucitol Using Glucose-3-Dehydrogenase.- Enhancement of Selectivity for Producing ?-Cyclodextrin.- Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Cellulosic Biomass to Acetic Acid.- Efect of C:N Molar Ratio on Monomer Composition of Polyhydroxalkanoates Produced by Pseudomonas mendocina 0806 and Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenus YS1.- Optimal Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Activated Sludge Biomass.- Polyhydroxybutyrate Production from Carbon Dioxide by Cyanobacteria.- Production of Cyclodextrins in a Fluidized-Bed Reactor Using Cyclodextrin-Glycosyl-Transferase.- Occulsion of Transition Metal Ions by New Adsorbents Synthesized from Plant Polyphenols and Animal Fibrous Proteins.- Phosphotransacetylase as a Key Factor in Biological Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate.- Recovery of Volatile Products from Dilute High-Fouling Process Streams.- Adsorption of Inulinases in Ion-Exchange Columns.- Sonic Wave Separation of Invertase from a Dilute Solution to Generated Droplets.- Modeling a Protein Foam Fractionation Process.- ?-Xylosidase Recovery by Reversed Micelles: Use of Cationic Surfactant.- A Novel Magnetite-Immobilized Cell Process for Heavy Metal Removal from Industrial Effluent.- Effect of Food:Microorganism Ratio in Activated Sludge Foam Control.- Lipase Production by Penicillium restrictum Using Solid Waste of Industrial Babassu Oil Production as Substrate.- Brazilian Bioethanol Program.- Author Index.