Novel pretreatment methods for bioethanol production 
Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Center for Bioprocessing R&D and Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

Potential of a thermophilic isolate and its enzymes in ethanol fermentation of switchgrass
Lew P. Christopher¹, Vasudeo P. Zambare², Archana Zambare², Kasiviswanath Muthukumarappan³ and Rajesh K. Sani⁴, (1)Center for Bioprocessing Research and Development & Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, (2)Center for Bioprocessing Research and Development, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, (3)Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, (4)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

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Do Halophilic Microorganisms Possess the Enzymatic Capabilities to Pre-Treat Biomass for Subsequent Fermentative Biofuel Production?
Melanie R. Mormile, Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, Matthew B. Begemann, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Varun G. Paul, Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Daniel J. Vidt, Mining and Nuclear Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Potential for Production of Metabolites by Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius
Brady D. Lee¹, William A. Apel¹, John E. Aston¹, Michelle R. Walton¹ and Ross P. Carlson², (1)Biological Systems Department, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, (2)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Improving Lignocellulose Degradation with Thermostable Enzymes
Rajesh K. Sani¹, Aditya Bhalla¹, Venkat Kunreddy¹, Sudhir Kumar¹, Gurdeep Rastogi¹, Kenneth M. Bischoff², Stephen R. Hughes³ and Lew P. Christopher¹, (1)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, (2)National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA - Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL, (3)Bioproducts and Biocatalysis Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural, Peoria, IL