Sunday, May 3, 2009: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
InterContinental Ballroom (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)
Poster Session 1/Reception
New Method for Fast Detection of Improved Biodegradability in Genetically Modified Plants
Eduardo A. Ximenes, Youngmi Kim, Xu Li, Rick Meilan, Michael Ladisch, Clint Chapple
Progress toward a Renewable, Plant-Based Production System for Methacrylate
Joon-Hyun Park, Elena Doukhanina, Andrew Park, Amr Ragab, Liping Zhang, Ryan Miller, Douglas Hawkins, Steven Thomas, Steven Bobzin
Towards a realistic model of plant cell walls via correlative Raman imaging and EM tomography
Purbasha Sarkar, Elena Bosneaga, Phillip Jess, Ju Han, Andrew Carroll, Kent McDonald, Kenneth H. Downing, Bahram Parvin, Jan Liphardt, Manfred Auer
Expression of lignocellulosic-degrading enzymes in transgenic plants
Sandra Austin-Phillips, Suraphon Chaiwongsar, John A. Raasch, Thomas Ziegelhoffer
Development of a Gateway-Compatible Vector Set for Overexpression of Transgenes and RNAi-Mediated Knockdown of Native Genes in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum. L)
David Mann, Laura Abercrombie, C. Neal Stewart, Jr., Peter LaFayette, Wayne Parrott
A Rapid Analytical Method for Investigating Genetic Modification of Lignin Pathways in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
David Astling, Robert Sykes, Angela Ziebell, Kristen Reichel, Crissa Doeppke, Mark Davis
Structural Glycan Composition of Pacific Northwest Grass-Derived Biomass: A Survey
Duangdao Masrungson, Dan Smith, Hossien El-Nashaar, Stephen M. Griffith, Gary M. Banowetz, Michael H. Penner
Biofuel feed stock Source – Jatropha curcas
Kalpana Sengar, Ankush Innani
Characterization of sorghum bmr  mutants for biofuel applications
Ana Saballos, Gebisa Ejeta, ChulHee Kang, Emiliano Sanchez, Wilfred Vermerris
Superior Dedicated Herbaceous Energy Crop Varieties
Steven R. Thomas
Current Status of the Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program Lipid-Focused Algae Collection
Eric P. Knoshaug, Eric E. Jarvis, Yat-Chen Chou, Philip T. Pienkos, Al Darzins
Biological production of ethanol, xylitol, and arabitol by novel naturally occuring yeast
Azra Vajzovic, Renata Bura, Sharon Doty
Comparative Genomics of Oligotropha carboxidovorans OM5, a chemolithoautotrophic bacterium
Debarati Paul, Ranjit Kumar, Bindu Nanduri, Shane Burgess, Todd French, Ashley Brown, Susan Bridges, Yoginder Dandass, William Holmes, Mark L. Lawrence
Pyruvate Induced Metabolic Shift In Cellobiose Fed Clostridium thermocellum ATCC27405 Batch Cultures
David Levin, Thomas Rydzak, Nazim Cicek, Richard Sparling
Effect of Gas Sparging on Pyruvate Catabolism during Batch Fermentation of Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405
Thomas Rydzak, Carlo R. Carere, Richard Sparling, Nazim Cicek, David B. Levin
Fed-batch schemes and yeast adaptation for improving ethanol production at high substrate loading
Elia Tomás-Pejó, José M. Oliva, Mercedes Ballesteros, Lisbeth Olsson
Improved Xylose Consumption in Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains
Nadia Skorupa Parachin, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Marie.F Gorwa-Grauslund
Yeast strains for ethanol production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates in situ detoxification
Yang XIushan, Tian Shen V
The Effect of Carbon Source and Oxygen Level on Global Gene Expression Analysis in Pichia stipitis
Jennifer R. Headman Van Vleet, Thomas W. Jeffries
The effect of different nitrogen and carbon sources on biomass of local isolates of Clostridium acetobutylicum
Ausama. M. S. Al-Naemi Ausama. M. S. Al-Naemi
Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Efficient Conversion of Glycerol into Ethanol
Cong T. Trinh, Friedrich Srienc
Production of biodemulsifier by one strain of Dietzia sp. S-JS-1 in the use of waste frying oils
Jia Liu, Xiang-feng Huang, Li-jun Lu
Identification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes involved in the resistance to phenolic fermentation inhibitors
Linda Björklund, Simona Larsson, Leif J. Jönsson
Aspergillus fumigatus JF1: An Ionic Liquid Tolerant Fungus Isolated from Compost
Steven Singer, Amitha P. Reddy, Jean VanderGheynst, Blake A. Simmons
Converting C5 and C6 sugars from hydrolyzed pretreated lignocellulosic materials using Thermoanaerobacter BG1L1
Marie J. Mikkelsen, Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji, Birgitte K. Ahring
The model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, a great system for studying lignincellulose degradation
Chaoguang Tian, William Beeson, Jianping Sun, Jamie Cate, N. Louise Glass
Zymomonas mobilis systems biology studies to elucidate process relevant inhibitor stress responses and tolerance mechanisms
Shihui Yang, Dale Pelletier, Timothy Tschaplinski, Gregory B. Hurst, Chongle Pan, Miram L. Land, Loren J. Hauser, Tse-Yuan S. Lu, Gwo-Liang Chen, Yun-Juan Chang, Dawn Marie Klingeman, Nancy Engle, Stanton L. Martin, Miguel Rodriguez Jr., Brian H. Davison, Tony Palumbo, Steven D. Brown
Characterization of Four Clostridium species for Ethanol Production
Kelly C. Williams, Ruihong Zhang, Helen Chan, Yi Zheng, Julia Fan, Jeffery A. McGarvey
The Endogenous Molecular Basis For Improved Xylose Utilization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Zhimin Li, Nan Liu, Shulin Chen
Improved galactose fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae through inverse metabolic engineering
Ki-Sung Lee, Min-Eui Hong, Young-Je Sung, Dae-Hyuk Kweon, Jae Chan Park, Sung Min Park, Byung Jo Yu, Yong-Su Jin
Molecular and physiological characterization of heterologous xylose transporters in recombinant xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae
David Runquist, Peter Rådström, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal
Regulation of pfl in B. coagulans
Mun Su Rhee, L.O. Ingram, K.T. Shanmugam
Study of cell viability and morphology of Zymomonas in the presence of inhibitors
Yat-Chen Chou, Mary Ann Franden, Philip T. Pienkos, Min Zhang
Engineering of yeast strains capable of broad substrate utilization in alcohol fermentation - Part I: Identification of founder strains and gene candidates
Pushpa Gujjari, Janice Houseknecht, Sung-Oui Suh, Jim Zhou
Rapid fermentation of glucose, xylose and cellobiose by the wood-boring beetle-associated yeast, Spathaspora passalidarum
Tanya M. Long, Jennifer R. Headman Van Vleet, Michael A. Caballero, Thomas W. Jeffries
Evaluation of engineered xylose-fermenting industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for improved ethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstocks
Ronald E. Hector, Bruce S. Dien, Michael A. Cotta
The effect of raw glycerol discharged after biodiesel manufacturing in the xanthan gum production synthesized by Xanthomonas isolated in Brazil
Francine F. Padilha, Elisiane Reis, Juliana Cardoso, Janice Druzian, Maria José V. Fonseca, Lorena Cirino, Chiara P. Costa, Rosa de L. R. Mariano
Metabolic engineering of a novel thermophilic ethanologen Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius M10EXG for enhanced ethanol production
Carol L. Kozina, Ashtamurthy S. Pawate, Dominique Joyner, Ken L. Sale, David S. Reichmuth, Terry C. Hazen, Rajat Sapra
Draft genome sequence, annotation and metabolic pathway reconstruction of the ethanol-tolerant thermophile Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius M10EXG
Ashtamurthy S. Pawate, Ken L. Sale, Carol L. Kozina, David S. Reichmuth, Rajat Sapra
Heterologous expression of multiple cellulolytic enzymes in Zymomonas mobilis
Jeffrey G. Linger, William S. Adney, Min Zhang, Al Darzins
Characterization of biohydrogen production in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains
Juanita Mathews, Guangyi Wang
Engineering tolerance to spent sulfite liquor (SSL) by genome shuffling Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to increased ethanologenic capacity
Dominic J. Pinel, F. D'aoust, H. Lee, V. J. J. Martin
Production of xanthan gum from sisal juice and glycerol
Marcio I. Campos, Janice Druzian, Elisiane Reis, Francine F. Padilha
Engineering E. coli to digest and utilize cellulose and hemicellulose as sole carbon sources
Gregory Bokinsky, Swapnil Chhabra, Jay D. Keasling
Yeast genes identified in HMF tolerance screen suggest link to other lignocellulosic derived inhibitors including furfural and vanillin
Qing Li, Sandra Allen, Sharmila Ghosh, Steven Gorsich
Construction of yeast strains producing high concentration of ethanol from tapioca by using various genetic methods
Keun Kim
Isolation of cellulose and agarose-degrading Pseudoalteromonas sp. NO3 from Sea squirt, Halocynthia rorentzi
Duwoon Kim, Sung-Joo Jung, Jin-Kyung Song, Keun-Sik Baik, Seong-Chan Park, Tai-Sun Shin, Myung-Joo Oh, Kyung-Ran Kim, Hyung-Rak Kim, Chi-Nam Seong
Construction of a reporter gene system for use in the ethanologen Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius SB2
Jeremy Bartosiak-Jentys, David J. Leak
D-Lactic Acid Production from Xylose by a New Bacterium Found in Thailand
Mallika Boonmee, Vorakan Burapatana, Prawphan Yuvadetkun
Metabolic engineering of flocculent  Saccharomyces cerevisiae with genome-integrated NADP+-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase gene for ethanol production from xylose
Akinori Matsushika, Hiroyuki Inoue, Seiya Watanabe, Tsutomu Kodaki, Keisuke Makino, Shigeki Sawayama
The role of membrane phospholipids in xylose utilization
Jin-Mei Xia, Ming-Woei Lao, Ventakesh Balan, Ying-Jin Yuan, Bruce E. Dale
Effect of lignocellulosic inhibitory compounds on the fermentative capacity of different yeast strains
Sonia Ghatora, Michael Liu, Linoj Kumar, Pablo Chung, Richard Chandra, Alexandra A. Roos, Jack Saddler
Riboflavin production during fermentation of genetically modified biobutanol-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum
Xianpeng Cai, George Bennett
A proteomic analysis of granulation in liquid cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Jose J. Diaz-Torres, Patricia Ortiz-Bermúdez
Phenotype MicroArray Profiling of Zymomonas mobilis ZM4
Barry R. Bochner, Vanessa Gomez, Michael Ziman, Stacy Montgomery, Shihui Yang, Steven D. Brown
Construction of a novel integration vector for expression of delta 6 desaturase gene in Lipomyces kononenkoae
Mulan Jiang, Xia Wan, Ping Wang, Yinbo Zhang
Effects of S-adenosyl-l-methionine on membrane components and ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sang-woo Lee, Eun-sil Choi, Min-kyu Oh
Development of two phase fermentation system for the stable and high butanol production using Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824
Sun-Mi Lee, Min-Ok Cho, Youngsoon Um, Byoung-In Sang
Enhanced production of 1,2-propanediol Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic engineering and carbon source optimization
Joon-young Jung, Eun-Sil Choi, Min-Kyu Oh
Systems Biology: The New Frontier for Bioenergy
Terry C. Hazen
Role of efflux pumps in Escherichia coli solvent resistance
Mary J. Dunlop, Masoo Hadi, Harry Beller, Paul D. Adams, Jay D. Keasling, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
Harnessing Genomic Recombination to Improve Microbial Metabolic Phenotypes
Adrienne E. McKee, John Haliburton, Veronica Fok, Mario Ouellete, Jay D. Keasling, Swapnil Chhabra
Glyceric acid production from raw glycerol by acetic acid bacteria
H. Habe, Y. Shimada, T. Fukuoka, D. Kitamoto, M. Itagaki, K. Watanabe, H. Yanagishita, K. Sakaki
Transcriptomic analysis of carbohydrate metabolism during ethanol fermentation by Pichia stipitis
Wen-Heng Chen, Ting-Hsiang Lin, Gia-Luen Guo, Wen-Song Hwang
Development of Recombinant Yeast for L-arabinose fermentation
Aloke Bera, Miroslav Sedlak, Aftab Khan, Nancy Ho
Effect of Na+, K+, NH4+ and glycerol on the glucose/xylose co-fermentation by recombinant S. cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST)
Haroon Mohammad, Nathan S. Mosier, Nancy Ho, Miroslav Sedlak
Metabolic analysis of the effect of acetic acid on the co-fermentation of glucose and xylose by S. cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST)
Elizabeth Casey, Miroslav Sedlak, Nancy W. Y. Ho, Jiri Adamec, Amber Jannasch, Nathan S. Mosier
Effect of soy-based glycerol concentration on 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde production by enteric species
Thomas P. West
Design of transcription factor-based in vivo biosensors for improved butanol production in E. coli
Jeffrey A. Dietrich, David L. Shih, Aurora Chan, Jay D. Keasling
Mixed sugars fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with optimized pathway combination
Maurizio Bettiga, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund
Sugarcane Platform for Chemicals and Next-Gen Biofuels
Ronald F. Cascone
Harnessing the Microbial Fermentation of Glycerol for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals
Ramon Gonzalez
Microbial Conversion of Bio-Oils to Fuels and Chemicals: A new Biorefinery Paradigm
Clementina Dellomonaco, Paul Campbell, Carlos Rivera, Ramon Gonzalez
Development and scale-up of xylose-rich hydrolysate fermentation process for lignocellulosic ethanol production
Ting-Hsiang Lin, Chiung-Fang Huang, Wen-Hua Chen, Jia-Baau Wang
Evaluation of the Metabolic Burden of Recombinant Cellulase Expression by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Batch Culture
E. van Rensburg, J.F. Gorgens, R. den Haan, D.C. la Grange, W.H. van Zyl
Tracking Microbial Community Changes During Decomposition of Switchgrass
Amitha P. Reddy, Martin Allgaier, Phil Hugenholtz, Blake A. Simmons, Terry C. Hazen, Jean VanderGheynst
In-Situ Examination of Biomass Dissolution and Cellulose Regeneration Enabling Cellular level Insight of Ionic Liquid Pretreatment Process
Seema Singh, Blake Simmons
Efficiencies of Designed Xylanase Combinations in Releasing Sugars from Hemicellulose Extract on Mixed Northeast Hardwood
Byung-Hwan Um, Peter vanWalsum
Pretreatment of Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) with dilute sulfuric acid
Chuan Lau, Julie Duke, Elizabeth M. Martin, Edgar C. Clausen, Danielle Julie Carrier, Matthew Pelkki, Abigail S. Engelberth
Chemical features of solid residues obtained from supercritical water treatment of lignocellulosics
Kwang Ho Kim, In Yong Eom, Soo Min Lee, Oh Kyu Lee, Joon Weon Choi
Value prior to pulping: Extraction of hemicellulose from hardwood
Sara L. Walton, A. R. P. van Heiningen, G. P. van Walsum
Bioethanol Production from Steam Exploded Forage Sweet Sorghum at High Solid Content
Ignacio Ballesteros, Paloma Manzanares, M.Jose Negro, José M. Oliva, Alberto Gonzalez, M. Ballesteros
Optimizing the Saccharification of Sugar Cane Bagasse Using Phosphoric Acid and Fungal Cellulases
Claudia Geddes, L.O Ingram
Optimization of Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Rapeseed Straw as a Pretreatment for Conversion to Ethanol
Tae Su Jeong, Kyung Yoen Won, Byung-Hwan Um, Kyeong Keun Oh
The effects of varying pretreatment chemicals on the enzymatic hydrolysis of organosolv pretreated mountain pine beetle killed Lodgepole pine
Luis F. Del Rio, Richard P. Chandra, Jack N. Sadler
The comparative analysis of lignin from steam and organosolv pretreated substrates
Seiji Nakagame, Richard P. Chandra, Jack N. Saddler
Application of Chemspeed AUTOPLANT (R) to Ammonia Fiber EXpansion (AFEX) pretreatment
Derek J. Marshall, Venkatesh Balan, Sousa Leonardo, Dale E. Bruce
Optimization of rice straw pretreatment by hydrothermal process
An-Yi Wu, Wen-Hua Chen, Wen-Song Hwang
Investigation of nitrogen-containing compounds produced during AFEX pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
James F. Humpula, Ramin Vismeh, Shishir Chundawat, A. Daniel Jones, Leonardo Sousa, Fachuang Lu, John Ralph, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce Dale
The optimum of Enzymatic hydrolysis from pretreated rice straw by aqueous ammonia
Yong Cheol Park, Kyoungseob Kim, Hyunjoon Kim, Kyeong Keun Oh, Jun SeoK Kim
Acid Saccharification to Ethanol Production from Red algae(Gelidium amansii)
Kyoungseob Kim, Yong Cheol Park, Hyunjoon Kim, Kyeong Keun Oh, Jun SeoK Kim
Organosolv pretreatment of Liriodendron tulipifera with acid and alkali catalysts
Bon-Wook Koo, Nahyun Park, Hwanmyung Yeo, Su-Yeon Lee, Ho-Yong Kim, Hoon Kim, In-Gyu Choi
Pretreatment of biomass by proton beam irradiation
Sung bong Kim, Jong ho Lee, Hyun yong Shin, Hee wook Lee, Seung wook Kim
Two-step hot-compressed water treatment of woody biomass to enhance enzymatic digestibility of cellulose and hemicellulose
Hiroyuki Inoue, Tsuyoshi Sakaki, Shigeki Sawayama, Takashi Endo
Enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol production from AFEX pretreated bagasse at high solid loading using recombinant ethanologens
Chandraraj Krishnan, Venkatesh Balan, Derek Marshall, Bruce E. Dale
Towards consolidated enzymatic biomass conversion
Taraka Dale, Srinivas Iyer, Gregory L. Wagner, David T. Fox, Norma H. Pawley, Kirk D. Rector, Gnana Gnanakaran, Kenneth E. Hammel, Pat J. Unkefer, Debra Dunaway-Mariano, Paul Langan
Hemicellulose hydrolysis in South America lignocellulosic biomass by steam explosion
Cristhian Alvaro Carrasco, Luis Fernando Quispe, Diego Cuno, Christian Roslander, Mats Galbe, Gunnar Lidén
Alkaline Pretreatment of Recycle Newsprint and Its Mill Sludge
Li Kang, Y.Y. Lee
Starch hydrolysis evaluation for the production of fermentable sugars
Alarcon-Elias Aurea Victoria, Duran-Paramo Enrique, Jimenez-Sierra Cesar Agustin, Valencia Del Toro Gustavo, Robles-Martinez Fabian
Ammonia recovery in AFEX biomass pretreatment systems
Timothy J. Campbell, Dung T. Vu, Farzaneh Teymouri
Polysaccharide decomposition in hemp woody core induced by electron beam irradiation
Soo-Jeong Shin, Nam-Seok Cho
Chemical composition of the sugarcane bagasse
Walter Carvalho, Larissa Canilha, Patricia F. Castro, Laura D. F. O. Barbosa
The effect of wet oxidation pretreatment method on rape straw fibres for bioethanol production
Efthalia Arvaniti Jr., Anne Belinda Thomsen
Dilute-acid pretreatment of rice straw at bench-scale using extrusion and extraction process to improve concentration and conversion of xylose in lignocellulosic hydrolysate for bioethanol production
Wen-Hua Chen, Ting-Hsiang Lin, Jia-Baau Wang
Compositional changes in sugarcane bagasse on low temperature, long-term ammonia treatment
Misook Kim, Giovanna A. DeQueiroz, Donal F. Day
Bioconversion of cellulose wastes using cellulolytic biofilms
Vladimir Jirku, Jitka Hrdinova, Tereza Krulikovska, Jan Masak, Alena Cejkova
Biological Conversion of Municipal Solid Waste to Ethanol
Mirvat A. Ebrik, Jian Shi, Bin Yang, Charles E. Wyman
Activity and Function of Ionic Liquids for Lignocellulose Dissolution and Hydrolysis
Paul Wolski, Sasisankar Padmanabhan, John Pruasnitz, Douglas S. Clark, Harvey Blanch
SACCHARIFICATION OF IONIC LIQUID PRETREATED BIOMASS WITH DIFFERENT ENZYME MIXES
Indira P. Samayam, Amy Coxe, Jacob Wheeler, Anantharam P. Dadi, Constance A. Schall, Sasidhar Varanasi
Biotransformation of Coffee Pulp/Husk by ligniculous fungi
Maria P. Sierra-Gomez, Patricia Ortiz-Bermúdez
Bioethanol Production from Plasma Assisted Pretreatment of Wheat Straw Fermenting C5 and C6 sugars
Nadja Schultz, Zsófia Kádár, Frank Leipold, Annette Eva Jensen, Tomas Fernqvist, Anne Belinda Thomsen
Effect of Solvent Extraction on Pretreatment Process of Pinus rigida
Nahyun Park, Bon-Wook Koo, Hwanmyung Yeo, Hoon Kim, In-Gyu Choi
Development of a continuous AFEX process
John Glassbrook, Chandra D. Nielson, Josh J. Videto, Timothy J. Campbell, David Senyk, Farzaneh Teymouri
Identification and Quantitation of Water Extractives in Sorghum
Richard S. Sevcik, Zachary Hardie, Richard Mowery, C. Kevin Chambliss
Conversion of switchgrass to sugars and ethanol using dilute ammonium hydroxide pretreatment
Bruce S. Dien, Patricia J. O'Byran, Ronald Hector, Loren B. Iten, Michael A. Cotta
Profiling of Oligosaccharides and Related Degradation Products Generated by AFEX Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass using LC/TOF-MS
Ramin Vismeh, Shishir Chundawat, James F. Humpula, A. Daniel Jones, Bruce Dale
Hydrothermal pretreatment of switchgrass: Effect of temperature and potassium carbonate on enzymatic reactivity
Sandeep Kumar, Urvi D. Kothari, Y. Y. Lee, Ram B. Gupta
Novel approach to prediction of hydrolysate fermentability based on chemometric modeling of spectroscopic data
Negar S. Fard, Dennis H. Rabbe, Kenneth W. Busch, C. Kevin Chambliss
Rice Straw Oxidation Using Hypochlorite-Hydrogen Peroxide for Bioconversion to Ethanol
Hyun-Chul Choi, Doman Kim, Nahyun M. Kim, Ghahyun Kim, Jung-Moo Kim, Hee-Kyoung Kang, Donal F. Day
Investigating Residence Time Distribution and Effects on Performance in Continuous Biomass Pretreatment Reactor Designs
David A. Sievers, Richard T. Elander, Erik M. Kuhn, Nicholas J. Nagle, Melvin P. Tucker, Noah D. Weiss
Inhibition Effects of Dilute-Acid Prehydrolyzates on Enzymatic Hydrolysis and SSCF of Solka Floc
Urvi D. Kothari, Y. Y. Lee
Efficacy of lime and ammonium hydroxide for conditioning dilute acid pretreated corn stover hydrolysates
Ali Mohagheghi, Gary McMillen, Nancy Dowe, Daniel J. Schell
Residual calcium in neutralized hydrolysates can destroy HPLC columns
Lee R. Madsen II
Evaluation of lignocellulose dissolution in ionic liquids as a pretreatment strategy for ethanol and lignin production
Sergios Karatzos, William Doherty, Les Edye
Mechanism of delignification in the ionic liquid tetradecyl(trihexyl)phosphonium chloride
Sai Keskar, William O. S. Doherty, Les A. Edye
Ethanol production from sweet sorghum by a dilute ammonia solution
Giovanna A. DeQueiroz, Deepti Salvi, Diana Robert, Victor Bazan
Rapid Analysis Methods to Predict Component Concentrations (Liquor and Solid) in a Pretreated Slurry Stream
Raymond O. Ruiz
Production of bioethanol in pilot-plant scale using dilute-acid hydrolysis of spruce
Ola Wallberg, Elisabeth Joelsson, Christian Roslander, Mats Galbe
Understanding the impact of corn stover compositional variability on pretreatment performance
Noah D. Weiss, Joseph Farmer, Daniel J. Schell
Comparison of Kinetics of Xylose and Lignin Removal During Hot Water and Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover using a Continuous Flow-Through Reactor
Yun Ji, Sridhar Viamajala, Michael Selig, Todd B. Vinzant, Melvin P. Tucker
Effect of Moisture Content on the Ensilage of Sugar Beet Pulp and Tomato Pomace
Yi Zheng, Mathew Yates, Yu-Shen Cheng, Chaowei Yu, Dooley Todd, Ruihong Zhang, Jean VanderGheynst, Bryan Jenkins
Leaching of Food Industry Residues to Improve Feedstock Quality and Resource Recovery
Chaowei Yu, Bryan Jenkins, Jean VanderGheynst, Ruihong Zhang, Yi Zheng, Yu-Shen Cheng
Sugar Beet Pulp Storage via Ensilage: Effects on Sugar Yield upon Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Yi Zheng, Mathew Yates, Dong Yang, Yu-Shen Cheng, Chao-Wei Yu, Dooley Todd, Jean VanderGheynst, Ruihong Zhang, Bryan Jenkins
Optimization of Enzyme Cocktail for Alkaline Pretreated Switchgrass
Venkata Ramesh Pallapolu, Y. Y. Lee
Pretreatment of Seaweeds for Production of Chemical Intermediates
Gwi-Taek Jeong, Seok-Hwan Park, Jae-Hee Park, Don-Hee Park
A comparison of lime and sodium hydroxide pretreatment for delignification and enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw
Yu-Shen Cheng, Jean VanderGheynst, Yi Zheng, Ruihong Zhang, Bryan Jenkins
Biodrying as a pretreatment of horticultural wastes
Elizabeth M. Silva-Rodríguez, Fabián Robles-Martínez, Juan S. Aranda-Barradas, Teodoro Espinosa-Solares, Rogelio Bailón-Morales, Enrique Durán-Páramo
Simplex optimization and mathematical modeling of wheat straw dilute acid hydrolysis
Talita Fernandes, Luís C. Duarte, Florbela Carvalheiro, Francisco Gírio
Biofuels Production with Cattails from Constructed Wetlands
Bo Zhang, Katherine Suda, Lijun Wang, Abloghasem Shahbazi
Integration of particles of different sizes in a hydrothermal process for the pre-treatment of agro-industrial residues such as wheat straw
Héctor A. Ruiz Leza, Daniel P. Silva, Denise S. Ruzene, António A. Vicente, Adilson R. Gonçalves, José A. Teixeira
2-D NMR Investigation of the Effect of Ionic Liquid Pretreatment on the Chemical Composition  and Structure of Switchgrass
Ozgul Persil Cetinkol, Dean C. Dibble, Brad M. Holmes, Blake A. Simmons
Comparison of the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Ionic-Liquid Pretreated Energy Crops
Brad M. Holmes, Ainsley Lockhart, Blake A. Simmons
A catalyzed wet-explosion of wheat straw
Troels Hilstrøm, Hanne R. Sørensen, Birgitte K. Ahring
Ethanol production from cashew apple bagasse: improvement of enzymatic hydrolysis by microwave-assisted alkali pretreatment
Tigressa H. S. Rodrigues, Maria Valderez Ponte Rocha, Gorete Ribeiro Macedo, Luciana Rocha Barros Gonçalves
Measurement of total lignin mass balance closure after dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment from herbaceous feedstocks
Rui Katahira, David W. Templeton, Daniel J. Schell, Mark F. Davis
Optimization of the SPORL Pretreatment of Corn Stover for Ethanol Production
Syrym Abylgaziyev, Xuejun Pan, J. Y. Zhu, Gaosheng Wang
Non-natural reactions to convert cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals
Qing Jing, Shona Duncan, Waleed Wafa AlDajani, Adrian Katona, Dahai Yu, Jake Tewalt, Jonathan Schilling, Ulrike Tschirner, Romas Kazlauskasa
Xylan hydrolysis during hot-water pretreatment of corn stover
Ashutosh Mittal, Michael E. Himmel, David K. Johnson
Method Development for Assessing Feedstock Reactivity Using an Automated Solvent Extractor. 
Noah D. Weiss, Christopher J. Scarlata, Nicholas J. Nagle
Method Development to Determine the Acid Concentrion of Acid Impregnated Biomass
Erik M. Kuhn, Nicholas J. Nagle, Noah D. Weiss, Richard T. Elander
Microbial pretreatment on corn stover by the white rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora for enzymatic digestibility
Caixia Wan, Yebo LI
Weak Acid Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse for Ethanol  Production
Raj Boopathy
LHW pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of rapeseed straw
Manuel J. Díaz, Cristóbal Cara, Inmaculada Romero, Encarnación Ruiz, Eulogio Castro, Manuel Moya
Monitoring Process Streams towards Understanding Ionic Liquid Pretreatment of Switchgrass and Cornstover
Rohit Arora, Deeba Haider, Chithra Manisseri, Chenlin Li, Bernhard Knierim, Kenneth P. Vogel, Manfred Auer, Henrik V. Scheller, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh
Can endoxylanase application in wet storage preserve dry matter and reduce pretreatment severity?
William A. Smith, David N. Thompson, Vicki S. Thompson
Kinetic modeling of glucose reversion reactions
H.M. Pilath, M.E. Himmel, M.R. Nimlos, D.K. Johnson
Xylan Hydrolysis Kinetics
H.M. Pilath, M.R. Nimlos, D.K. Johnson, M.E. Himmel
Pretreatment of Gelidium amansii for the Production of Bioethanol
Yoon-Sang Kim, Suk-Won Chae, Don-Hee Park, Changshin Sunwoo
Pretreatment of P. densiflora and Solidago altissima L. to Produce Bioethanol
Ki-Hong Kim, Youn-Sang Kim, Suk-Won Chae, Don-Hee Park, Changshin Sunwoo
A novel pre-treatment method for the lignocellulose-to-ethanol route
Niklas von Weymarn
Improved One-Step Steam Pretreatment of Softwood with Time-dependent Temperature Profile for Bioethanol Production
Sanam Monavari, Mats Galbe, Guido Zacchi
Bioconverting the nutrients in dairy manure for L-lactic acid production by Rhizopus oryzae
Wanying Yao, Jun Zhu, Curtis Miller, Bo Sun
Integrated High Throughput Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis in 96 Well Plates
Michael Studer, Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Heather L. McKenzie, Charles E. Wyman
Effects of Mixing on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Pretreated Spruce
Magnus Wiman, Benny Palmkvist, Gunnar Lidén
Distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS): an alternative cellulose fermentation media for biofuels production
Rumana Islam, Nazim Cicek, Richard Sparling, David Levin
Biological pretreatments of corn stover with filamentous fungi
Deepti Tanjore, Tom L. Richard, Megan N. Marshall
Selecting microbial production hosts for lignocellulosic feedstock utilization
Johan W. Van Groenestijn, Mariet J. Van der Werf, Peter J. Punt, Karl Rumbold
Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) of AFEX-Pretreated Corn Stover using Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum ALK2: A Study Case using AFEX-Pretreated Biomass as the Self-Sustained Nutrient Source for Fermentatio
Ming W. Lau, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce Dale, Xiongjun Shao, Lee R. Lynd, Todd Llyod
Starch to Oil: Engineering an Efficient Biofuel Currency
Daniel M. Hayden, Katayoon Dehesh, Asa Ekman, Sten Stymne
Random Shear BAC Cloning: An Optimized Genomic Tool for Improving Biomass and Bioenergy Feedstocks
David Mead, Rosa Ye, Svetlana Jasinovica, Ronald Godiska, Cheng-Cang Wu
Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Switchgrass with Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB 3 in pH controlled Bioreactor
Brian Faga, Mark R. Wilkins, Ibrahim M. Banat
Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of xylan with Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB2
Michael Mueller, Mark R. Wilkins, Ibrahim M. Banat
Effect the Particle Size on MFC Maximum Power Generation, Power Longevity, and Coulombic Efficiency
Farzaneh Rezaei, Tom L. Richard, Bruce E. Logan
Media Requirements for for Aerobic Cultivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TMB 3400-F30-3 on Softwood Hydrolysate
David B. Hodge, Caroline Häggström, Kris Berglund, Ulrika Rova, Tomas Brandberg
Characterization of extremophilic cellulose-degrading bacteria from the deep subsurface of the Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota, USA
Gurdeep Rastogi, Geetha Muppidi, Raghu Gurram, Akash Adhikari, Sookie Bang, Lew Christopher, Kenneth M. Bischoff, Stephen R. Hughes, William Apel, Rajesh K. Sani
Microbes derived from marine invertebrates and algae as a source of cellulolytic, chitinolyitic and lipolytic enzymes
Peter McCarthy, Kimberly Lewis, Shanti Ross, Dedra Harmody
Optimization of lactic acid production by pelleted-form of Rhizopus oryzae in 3 L airlift bioreactor using response surface methodology
Thanapoom Maneeboon, Wirat Vanichsriratana, Chaiyaporn Promchaitaward, Vichien Kitpreechavanich
Isolation and Cultivation of Cell Wall Decomposing Bacteria from Plant Biomass Decaying Communities
Safiyh Taghavi, Luen-Luen Li, Shi-You Ding, Michael E. Himmel, Daniel Van der Lelie
Ethanol bioproduction from sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolysate
Larissa Canilha, Walter Carvalho, Maria das Graças A. Felipe, João B. Almeida e Silva, Marco Giulietti
Microbial contamination of Biodiesel
Marlin D. Vangsness, Loryn L. Bowen, Lisa M. Brown, Susan S. Mueller, Lori M. Balster
Cellulose degradation: two potential novel cellulolytic bacteria able to produce thermostable cellulases
Yanna Liang, Zisong Feng, Jemil Yesuf
Screening Soil Metagenomic Libraries searching for Novel Lignin and Cellulose Degrading Enzymes
Nolberto Figueroa Matias
Characterization and Modeling of Ethanol Production from Gluconate
Weihua Wu, Zhiliang Fan
Defined co-culture approach for biohydrogen production
Ahmad A. Zeidan, Peter Rådström, Ed W. J. van Niel
Production of cellulases and hemicelulases by Penicillium viridicatum RFC3 on solid state fermentation
Rodolfo Travaini, Rodrigo S. R. Leite, Denis Silva, Lílian R. Do-Amaral, Gomes, E. Gomes, Roberto Da-Silva
Optimization process using experimental design for biosurfactant production
Cristina Ferraz, Álvaro A. Araújo, Roberto R. Souza
SCREENING OF MICROBIAL FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCERS USING XYLOSE FROM HYDROLYZATE OBTAINED OF DILUTE ACID PRETREATED CASHEW APPLE BAGASSE
Maria Valderez Ponte Rocha, Ana Laura Tibério de Jesus, Tiago Lima de Albuquerque, Vania M.M. Melo, Gorete de Ribeiro Macedo, Luciana R. B. Gonçalves
Influence of different substrates on the production of a mutant glucoamylase in submerged fermentation
Fabiana C. Pavezzi, Andreia A. J. Carneiro, Daniela A. Bocchini, Eleni Gomes, Roberto Da Silva
Ethanol production from Sugarcane bagasse by Zymomonas mobilis using Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) Process
Danielle Silveira, Anna Carolina Camelo, Kelly Pedro, Luís Carlos, Nei Pereira Jr.
Physiological characterization of a novel member of the genus Caldicellulosiruptor and identification of extracellular cellulolytic enzymes using multi-dimensional LC-MS/MS
Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm, Adriane Lochner, Richard J. Giannone, Jennifer J. Mosher, Robert L. Hettich, Martin Keller, James G. Elkins
Inhibition of Growth of Zymomonas mobilis By Model Compounds Found in Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates
Mary Ann Franden, Philip T. Pienkos, Min Zhang
Fractionation of Conditioned Corn Stover Hydrolysates and Inhibition of Ethanologen Growth and Fermentation
Mary Ann Franden, Heidi M. Pilath, Ali Mohagheghi, Ed Jennings, Philip T. Pienkos, Min Zhang
Fermentation of syngas produced from gasification of switchgrass by P11
Karthikeyan D. Ramachandriya, Krushna Patil, Mark R. Wilkins
Biohydrogen production from kitchen waste as primary treatment and novel materials for microbial fuel fells (MFCs) as secondary treatment in a sewage sequential treatment chain
Ludo Diels, Deepak Pant, Doga Arslan, Gilbert Van Bogaert, Baris Calli, Heleen De Wever, Karolien Vanbroekhoven
MixAlco process:  A biorefinery built on the carboxylate platform
Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda
Uniform-format feedstock supply system for commodity-scale biomass intermediates
Christopher T. Wright, J. Richard Hess, Kevin L. Kenney
The effect of wet storage on the value of corn stover as a biofuel feedstock
Irene D. Darku, Tom Richard, Megan Marshall, Lynn Wendt, Allison Ray
Potential cost saving strategies for storage of wet biomass feedstocks
Mark Delwiche, Allison Ray, William A. Smith
Potential for Biofuel and Animal Feed Production from Native Prairie Grasslands
Rebecca J. Garlock, Bryan Bals, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce E. Dale
The variability of biofuel feedstock availability and delivered price using GIS and the IBSAL dynamic model
James D. Stephen, Shahab Sokhansanj, Xiatao Bi
Industrial sustainability of Canada's forest based ethanol industry: feedstock perspective
Emmanuel K. Ackom, Warren E. Mabee, Paul N. McFarlane, Jack N. Saddler
System Analysis of Integrated Biorefineries
Lin Luo, Gjalt Huppes, Ester van der Voet
Barriers and Opportunities for international bioenergy trade – an inventory by IEA Bioenergy Task 40
H. M. Junginger, Andre Faaij, Simonetta Zarrilli
Fuel algae cultivation in municipal wastewater: Some strategic lessons from Chlorella minutissima
Ashish Bhatnagar, Monica Bhatnagar, Senthil Chinnasamy, K.C. Das
Fractionation of Corn Stover using Aqueous Ammonia and Hot Water
Chang Geun Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim
A Comparison of Batch Tube and Microwave Reactors for Water-Only and Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover
Jian Shi, Yunqiao Pu, Bin Yang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Charles E. Wyman
Sugar Yields from Switchgrass for Dilute Acid and Sulfur Dioxide Pretreatment and Subsequent Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Jian Shi, Tim Redmond, Mirvat Ebrik, Bin Yang, Charles E. Wyman
Progress toward Automating Biomass Compositional Analysis
Christopher J. Scarlata, Justin Sluiter, David Crocker
The Effect of Water on Sugar Reactions from Ab initio Calculations
Xianghong Qian, Haitao Dong, Mark R. Nimlos, Michael E. Himmel, David K. Johnson
Recovery of Sugars from Ionic-Liquid Biomass Liquor by Solvent Extraction
Tim Brennan, Bradley Holmes
Structural Studies of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Neutron Scattering and Reflectivity
Michael Kent, Jaclyn Murton, Elizabeth Carles, Rex Hjelm, Bulent Akgun, Blake A. Simmons, James Browning, John Ankner
SPORL Pretreatment for Cellulose Ethanol Production – an Update
Xuejun Pan, Li Shuai, Qiang Yang, J. Y. Zhu
Effect of Ensiling Transgenic Tobacco Expressing an Endoglucanase Gene on Industrial Processing Efficiency
Deisy Y. Corredor, Kirk L. Pappan, Michael J. Blaylock, Bryan C. Gerdes
Evaluation of Ensiling on Biomass Storage and Bioconversion of Corn Stover
Nick J. Nagle, Noah D. Weiss, Erik M. Kuhn, Garold L. Gresham, Lynn L. Petzke, Mark Delwiche
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF REACTOR DESIGN ON GLUCOSE AND XYLOSE RECOVERY FROM PRETREATMENT AND ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS
Heather L. McKenzie, Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Michael Studer, Charles E. Wyman
Investigation on effect and mechanism of different surfactant applied in pretreatment of wheat straw
Zhimin Li, Tianxi Zhang, Shi-shen Liao, Xiaochen Yu, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Shulin Chen
Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass using Ionic Liquids for Production of Ethanol
Thehazhnan K. Ponnaiyan, Anantharam P. Dadi, Constance A. Schall, Jared L. Anderson, Sasidhar Varanasi

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