Sunday, May 4, 2008: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Astor Ballroom I-III (Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Poster Session One
May 4, 2008 6:30PM
Co-chairs:Gilliam Eggleston
Val G. Yachmenev
Chemical and physical characterizations of Liriodendron tulipifera on growth periods
Bon-Wook Koo, Byeong-Cheol Min, Nahyun Park, Changdeuk Eom, Hwanmyeong Yeo, Keun-Ok Ryu, In-Gyu Choi
Improved Multivariate Calibration Models for Corn Stover Feedstock and Dilute-Acid Pretreated Corn Stover
Ed Wolfrum, Amie D. Sluiter
Biohydrogen and biodiesel co-production with treatment of high solid food waste
Zhanyou Chi, Yubin Zheng, Shulin Chen
Structural and Quantitative Determination of Lignin in Biomass by qPyGC-MS
Amr S. Ragab, Brian A. Jerome, Bonnie R. Hames, Steven R. Thomas
Seaweeds as Novel Feedstocks for Bio Alcohol
Yong Jin Kim, Hyun Jin Ryu, Chul Kim, Myung-Kyo Shin, Gyung Soo Kim, Kyeong Keun Oh, Jun SeoK Kim
Introducing for the first time giant reed (Arundo donax) as ideal feedstock for future biorefinery
Renata Bura, Sharon Doty, Richard Gustafson, William McKean
Comparison of methods for the quantification of fructose-equivalents in straws
Michael H. Penner, Stefanie K. Nguyen, Eugene Kim
Conversion of Kraft Paper Mill Sludges into Ethanol by Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation
Li Kang, Wei Wang, Y.Y. Lee
Ethanol Production as a Supplementary Unit in Kraft Paper Mill
Li Kang, Wei Wang, Y.Y. Lee
Compositional analysis of water-soluble materials in switchgrass
Shou-Feng Chen, Richard S. Sevcik, Richard A. Mowery, C. Kevin Chambliss
Straw quality of old and modern wheat cultivars based on NIR spectroscopy
Jane Lindedam, Sander Bruun, Jakob Magid, Sven Bode Andersen
Cultural practices influencing ethanol from sweet sorghum in Kentucky
Michael D. Montross, Todd W. Pfeiffer, Czarena L. Crofcheck
Analysis of biomass composition and gene expression patterns in the breeding and selection of shrub willow bioenergy crop varieties
Michelle J. Serapiglia, Kimberly D. Cameron, Arthur J. Stipanovic, Lawrence B. Smart
Elephantgrass as a Cellulosic Feedstock for the Southeast
Ravindra Malik, William F. Anderson
Genetic dissection of sorghum traits to enhance biofuel production
Wilfred Vermerris, Ana Saballos, Ken Lamb, Gebisa Ejeta
Genome-enabled discovery of carbon allocation genes in Populus
Wilfred Vermerris, Jianfei Zhao, Alison Morse, Matias Kirst, John M. Davis, Gerald Tuskan
High Oil Content Algae Species Grown on Wastewater and Flue Gas
Qingxue Kong, Blanca Martinez, Paul Chen, Roger Ruan
Cell wall composition of sugarcane and related Saccharum species
Sarah E. Lingle, Thomas L. Tew, Anna Hale, Robert Cobill
Evaluating low lignin mutants of forage sorghum for increased conversion efficiency to sugars and ethanol
Bruce S. Dien, Gautam Sarath, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, Deanna L. Funnell, Scott E. Sattler, Nancy N. Nichols
Mass Culture of Microalgae on Wastewater and Flue Gases for Biomass Feedstock Production
Qingxue Kong, Blanca Martinez, Paul Chen, Roger Ruan
Screening and optimizing enzymatic liquefaction of designed household waste for gasification
Jacob W. Jensen, Claus Felby, Henning Jørgensen, Nanna Nørholm
Rapid Compositional Analysis of Switchgrass Feedstocks and Effects of Compositional Variation on Conversion
Tanya Kruse, Bonnie R. Hames, Thomas W. Johnson, Brian Jerome, Anthy Alexiades, Steven R. Thomas
The effect of drying temperature on the composition of biomass
Tracy P. Houghton, Daniel M. Stevens, Peter A. Pryfogle, Christopher T. Wright, Corey W. Radtke
Potential for biodiesel synthesis from macaúba (Acrocomia aculeata) pulp oil with a high content of free fatty acids
Suely Pereira Freitas, Carla C.C.M. Silva, Renata G.B. Mariano, Donato A.G. Aranda, Sônia Couri
Cell wall fermentation kinetics impacted more by lignin content and cross-linking than by diverse shifts in lignin composition
John H. Grabber, David R. Mertens, Carola Funk, Fachuang Lu, Hoon Kim
Evaluation of Energy Cogeneration System Using Urban Wastes in Brazil
Juliana Q. Albarelli, Diego T. Santos, Boutros F. Sarrouh, Silvio S. Silva, Marcelo R. Holanda
The enzymatic technology to improved oil extraction from pequi pulp (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.)
Sônia Couri, Renata G.B. Mariano, Suely Pereira Freitas
Lignocellulose biodegradation by wood-feeding termites: Fundamentals and applications
Jianzhong Sun
Regulation of Pyruvate Metabolism Induced by End Product Loading in Clostridium thermocellum 27405
Thomas Rydzak, Richard Sparling, Carlo R. Carere, Nazim Cicek, David B. Levin
Miscanthus giganteus cell wall degradation by Neurospora crassa
Chaoguang Tian, N. Louise Glass
Development of efficient Escherichia coli cells with minimal  metabolic functionality for ethanol production
Cong T. Trinh, Friedrich Srienc
Impact of inoculum production conditions on stress tolerance and fermentation efficiency of natural xylose-fermenting yeasts presented xylose and glucose
Patricia J. Slininger, Z. Lewis Liu
Evaluation of thiamine-synthesis pathway and gluconolactonase deficient mutants of Zymomonas mobilis for overproduction of higher value intermediates
Young Jae Jeon, Alfonsus Alvin, Charles J. Svenson, Brett A. Neilan, Peter L. Rogers
Fermentation of biomass derived glucose/xylose mixture to  ethanol using several strains of Pichia stipitis
Janette, M. Moore, Susanne Kleff, Jennifer Headman Van Vleet, Thomas W. Jeffries, Farzaneh Teymouri
Engineering Actinobacillus succinogenes for succinate production
Claire Vieille, James "Jake" McKinlay, Bryan Schindler
Dekkera bruxellensis and Lactobacillus vini – a new stable consortium for industrial bioethanol production
Johan Schnürer, Johanna Blomqvist, Volkmar Passoth
Application of Pichia pastoris for the production of biochemicals: production of riboflavin as a test case
Hans Marx, Michael Sauer, Diethard Mattanovich
Strain engineering enables the conversion of inexpensive raw materials into a variety of higher-value products via a single uniform fermentation process
Kevin A. Jarrell, Gabriel O. Reznik, Brendan G. Kennan, Michelle A. Pynn, Jeffrey J. Todd
Co-production of riboflavin and biobutanol in Clostridium acetobutylicum
Xianpeng Cai, George Bennett
Expression analysis during fermentation of xylose and cellobiose by yeasts
Jennifer R. Headman Van Vleet, Bernice Lin, Chenfeng Lu, Ju Yun Bae, Shawn S. Nelson, Thomas W. Jeffries
Fermentation Behaviors of Hypocrea jecorina RUT C-30 for Cellulase Production Using Lactose as Substrate
Chi-Ming Lo, Qin Zhang, Lu-Kwang Ju
Effects of overexpression of NADPH-regenerating glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase on caprolactone production in recombinant Escherichia coli harboring cyclohexanone monooxygenase gene
Won-Heong Lee, So Y. Shin, Young-Kyung Park, Hye-Jung Shin, Jin-Ho Seo
Development of a Genome-scale Metabolic Model for Improved Butanol Production
Yan Zhu, Yanping Zhang, Yin Li
Chorismate superpathway mediated 3-hydroxypropinic acid growth inhibition of E. coli
Tanya Warnecke, Michael D. Lynch, Anis Karimpour-Fard, Ryan T. Gill
Using systems biology to optimize microbial fuel production
Alyssa M. Redding, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Paul D. Adams, Jay D. Keasling
Elucidating mechanisms of acetate tolerance in E. coli using SCALES
Nicholas Sandoval, Ryan T. Gill
Butanol Tolerance in a Selection of Microorganisms
Eric P. Knoshaug, Min Zhang
Enhanced Efficiency of BioEthanol Production with Novel Yeast
Azra Vajzovic, Sharon L. Doty, Renata Bura
Heterologous expression of the alcohol dehydrogenase (adhI) gene from Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius strain M10EXG
Young Jae Jeon, Jiunn C. N. Fong, Eny Riyanti, Brett A. Neilan, Peter L. Rogers, Charles Svenson
Strategies for Increasing Fermentative Hydrogen Yield from Sugars
Phi M. Do, Alexander Angerhofer, Lucie Bardonova, Ivan Hrdy, K.T. Shanmugam
Carbon source-dependent lactate formation during biohydrogen production
Ahmad A. Zeidan, Ed W. J. van Niel
Volatilization of mercury in coal via the mercury reductase operon in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, ATCC 53993
Abhijeet P. Borole
Total Soluble Solids from Banana: Evaluation and Optimization of Extraction Parameters
Giovani B. M. Carvalho, Daniel P. Silva, Júlio C. Santos, António A. Vicente, José A. Teixeira, Maria das Graças A. Felipe, João B. Almeida e Silva
Optimisation of medium composition for fermentation of wheat straw in SHF and SSF mode at very high dry matter content
Henning Jørgensen, Jan Larsen Sr.
Applicability of Supercritical Technology for Structural Separate of Sugarcane Bagasse to Microbial Use
Diego T. Santos, Arturo F. Sotelo, Nalda R. Palacios, Lilia M. Salaue, Silvio S. Silva
Production of higher alcohols, esters, and other potential biofuel compounds by non-Saccharomyces yeast species
Kyria L. Boundy-Mills, Susan Ebeler, Pavla Polaskova, Hannah Burrack
In vitro 13C labeling for simultaneous identification and quantification of central carbon intermediates in genetically modified Saccharomyces yeast capable of  glucose/xylose co-fermentation using reverse phase liquid chroma
Miroslav Sedlak, Wenchu Yang, Nathan S. Mosier, Nancy W. Y. Ho, Jiri Adamec
Conversion of aliphatic organic acids into di-acids with recombinant Escherichia coli
Michael Sauer, Mascha Rauscher, Daniel Daraban, Diethard Mattanovich
Biomonitoring of biosurfactant production by cultivation of green fluorescent protein-marked Bacillus subtilis W1012
Luiz Carlos Martins das Neves, Marina Ishii, Carla Fernandes de Melo Souza, Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna, Attilio Converti
Screening microorganisms to biodegrade different classes of textile dyes solution and the reutilization of the wastewater
Ana M. Blosfeld, Ivonete O. Barcellos, Jürgen Andreaus, Carla Trentini, Luana M. Chiarello
Zymomonas mobilis ZM4 Genome Analysis and Reannotation
Shihui Yang, Steven Brown, Doug Hyatt, Yun-Juan Chang, Gwo-Liang Chen, Loren J. Hauser, Miram L. Land, Anthony V. Palumbo
Optimization of lactic acid production from cheese whey using Bifidobacterium longum
Caixia Wan, Yebo Li
Optimization of ethanol production using a synthetic equivalent to the liquid of the rind of green coconut
Renata T. Beltrão, Marcia R. S. Pedrini, Gustavo A. S. Pinto
Semi-continuous xylitol production from sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose by Ca-alginate entrapped yeast cells in a bench-scale stirred tank reactor
Walter Carvalho, Larissa Canilha, Silvio S. Silva
The influence of rice bran extract as nutrient on xylitol production
Ernesto A. Martinez, Juliana A. F. Santos, Walter Carvalho, João B. Almeida e Silva, Arnaldo M. R. Prata
Bio-Alcohol production from Syngas
Sina Salim, Sebastiaan Haemers, Alwin Hoogendoorn, Han Van Kasteren, Rene Wijffels, Arjen Rinzema
Bioremediation of marine sandy sediments impacted by petroleum
Francisca Pessôa De França, Aike Costa Silva
Accumulation of intracellular zinc resulted in increased ethanol tolerance and ethanol production in self-flocculating yeast
Xin-Qing Zhao
Development of Software Sensors for Real Time Operation: Application for Bioethanol Production
Elmer Ccopa Rivera, Nádson Murilo Nascimento Lima, Rafael Ramos de Andrade, Rubens Maciel Filho, Aline Carvalho da Costa
Study on mass transfer of isopropylbenzene and oxygen in a two-phase partitioning bioreactor in the presence of silicone oil
Jean-Marc Aldric, Jacqueline Destain, Jean-Paul Lecomte, Philippe Thonart
Designing an efficient SSF process for co-fermentation of xylose and glucose
Kim Olofsson, Magnus Bertilsson, Gunnar Lidén
A plasmid-based system for the use in coupling non-selectable phenotypes to selectable phenotypes
Paul Handke, Michael D. Lynch, Ryan T. Gill
Metabolic profiling of white-rot fungi, Phanerochaete chrisosporium andDichomitus squalens cultured with lignocellulose biomass
Jin Seop Bak, Kyoung Heon Kim
Construction of a xylose-utilizing recombinant diploid industrial strain of  accharomyces cerevisiae and its cofermentation with glucose and xylose
Xiaoming Bao, Xiao Ran Zhang, Yu Shen, Wen Long Shi
Microbial and genetic analysis of a microbial community actively decaying poplar biomass
Daniel Van der Lelie, Safiyh Taghavi, Shi-You Ding, Michael E. Himmel
Cellulase production by solid-state fermentation in different bioreactors scales
Iara R. Pinheiro, João G.D. Klemz, Beatriz V. Kilikian
Cellulases production by solid-state fermentation using different agroindustrial residues
Iara R. Pinheiro, João G.D. Klemz, Danielle Matsumoto, Rafael D.G. Ferreira, Beatriz V. Kilikian
The potential of bioethanol production from citrus fruit processing waste
Mercedes Ballesteros, M.Jose Negro, Ignacio Ballesteros, J.Miguel Oliva, Paloma Manzanares
A Novel approach for Conversion of Xylose to Ethanol Using Native Strains of Yeast
Kripa Rao, Sasidhar Varanasi, Patricia Relue
Ionic Liquid Pretreatment Process for Production of Bio-ethanol
Anantharam P. Dadi, Sasidhar Varanasi, Constance A. Schall
Screening and Selection of Lactic Acid Bacteria for Ensiling Food Processing Wastes
Yi Zheng, Hnin Aung, Jean VanderGheynst, Ruihong Zhang, Dong Yang, Chao Wei Yu, Bryan Jenkins
Free energy of separation of glucose oligomers in water
Suma Peri, M. Nazmul Karim, Rajesh Khare
Attempting to unravel the substrate factors affecting enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics: Experiences with selected measurement techniques
Richard Chandra, Shannon Ewanick, Kathy Au-Yeung, Pablo Chung, Luis Del Rio, Alexandra Andersson-Roos, Bruno Salles, Sonia Ghatora, Warren Mabee, Jack Saddler
heoretical Investigation of Cooperative Hydrogen Bonding Networks in Native Celluloses
Xianghong Qian
Cellulose and Lignin Accessibility to Cellulase for Corn Stover and Poplar Solids Prepared by Leading Pretreatment Technologies
Rajeev Kumar, Charles Wyman
Enzymatic hydrolysis of fibre fractions from manure
Kim Skov Jensen, Henning Jørgensen
Effect of Particle Size on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pure Cellulose and Lignocellulosic Biomass
Urvi D. Kothari, Y. Y. Lee, Changshin Sunwoo
An investigation of enzyme binding in the enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass
Zhuoliang Ye, Eric Berson
Oxidative delignification of lignocellulosic biomass by H2O2 under alkaline conditions
Rajesh Gupta, Y. Y. Lee
Fermentation of pressurized batch hot water (PBHW) pretreated warm season grasses and inhibitor analysis for determination of value-added coproducts
Sarah K. Brandon, William F. Anderson, C. Kevin Chambliss, Lekh Nath Sharma, Joy Doran-Peterson
Kinetics of xylose reversion reactions during acid pretreatment
Heidi M. Pilath, Mark R. Nimlos, Michael E. Himmel, David K. Johnson
Evaluation of matrix interference on quantitation of lignocellulosic degradation products in biomass pretreatment samples using LC-ESI-MS/MS
Lekh Nath Sharma, Bowen Du, Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Bruce E. Dale, C. Kevin Chambliss
Wheat straw autohydrolysis: process optimization and products characterization
F. Carvalheiro, T. Silva-Fernandes, L.C. Duarte, F.M. Gírio
Protein extraction and enzymatic hydrolysis of ammonia-treated cassava leaves (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
Lauris Urribarrí, David Chacón, Orlaidy González, Alexis Ferrer
Effect of varying feedstock-pretreatment chemistry combinations on the production of potentially inhibitory degradation products in biomass hydrolysates
Bowen Du, Lekh Nath Sharma, G. Peter Van Walsum, C. Kevin Chambliss
Ammonia Phase Equilibrium in Vapor-Water-Biomass Pretreatment Systems
Timothy J. Campbell, Farzaneh Teymouri
Process Modeling Results of Various Leading Pretreatment Technologies for Corn Stover and Hybrid Poplar
Richard T. Elander, Tim Eggeman
Xylan Redistribution During Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover
Roman Brunecky, Stephanie E. Porter, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael E. Himmel, David K. Johnson
Spectroscopic Analysis of Biomass Feedstock Fines
William F. Bauer, Gracy Elias, Peter A. Pryfogle, Judy K. Partin
Factors affecting lignin/protein measurements in dilute sulfuric acid treated herbaceous feedstocks
Rui Katahira, David W. Templeton, Daniel J. Schell, Mark F. Davis
A Rapid Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) Technique to Determine Ethanol Yields
Asli Isci, Patrick T. Murphy, Robert P. Anex
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF RESIDUES FROM ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS
Anikó Várnai, Matti Siika-aho, Liisa Viikari
Identification of phenolic compounds in lignocellulosic hydrolysates and its detoxification by enzyme for the production of butanol by Clostridia
Dae Haeng Cho, Yun Jie Lee, Byoung In Sang, Yong Hwan Kim
The Effect of Ultrasonic Irradiation on Physical Characteristics and Saccharification of Concentrated Biomass Slurries
Samin Rezania, R. Eric Berson
Cellulase Production from Paper Mill Sludge by Trichoderma Reesei Rut C-30
Wei Wang, Li Kang, Y. Y. Lee
Alkaline pretreatment of Switch grass
Rajesh Gupta, Y. Y. Lee
Rapid high performance liquid chromatography analysis of sugars in aqueous extracts and dilute-acid hydrolysates of herbaceous biomass
Richard S. Sevcik, Richard A. Mowery, C. Kevin Chambliss
Comparison of accelerated solvent extraction and soxhlet methods for aqueous extraction of herbaceous biomass
Richard S. Sevcik, Sheena Shipley, C. Kevin Chambliss
What are the consequences of bark and whitewood utilization during bioconversion of yellow poplar to ethanol?
Renata Bura, Sharon Doty, Richard Gustafson, William McKean
Dilute acid hydrolysis of wheat straw oligosaccharides
L. C. Duarte, T. Silva-Fernandes, F. Carvalheiro, F.M. Gírio
Evaluation of Acid and Enzymatic Hydrolysis from Hemicellulose Hydrolyzates on Mixed Pulping Wood
Byung-Hwan Um, Peter Van Walsum
Effect of Drying Method on AFEX Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Year-Old Poplar
Rebecca J. Garlock, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce E. Dale
Optimizing the hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose with dilute H2SO4 through empirical modeling: An experimental approach to increase the yield of xylose recovery
Larissa Canilha, Walter Carvalho, George Jackson Moraes Rocha, Marias das Graças Almeida Felipe, João Batista Almeida e Silva, Marco Giulietti
Effects of the extraction with ethanol or cyclohexane/ethanol on the structural composition of sugarcane bagasse
Larissa Canilha, Walter Carvalho, Laura Danne F.O. Barbosa, Ernesto A. Martinez, João Batista Almeida e Silva, Marco Giulietti
Development of High Throughput Pretreatment Systems for Cellulosic Biomass
Jaclyn DeMartini, Heather McKenzie, Michael Studer, Charles Wyman
Multiple valuation of residues generated by the agro food processing industry
I. Alegría, M. Zazpe, C. González-Ferrero, B. Zarranz, A. Yetano, A. Romo, I. del Campo, P. Navarro, I. Echeverria
Two complementary methods to determine sugars and organic acids profile of some feedstocks and wastes, using high performance liquid chromatography
Belén Zarranz, Maite Zazpe, Irantzu Alegría, Amaya Molinero, María Macaya, Inés Echeverría
Effect of varying AFEX pretreatment severity on corn stover cell wall ultra structure and its related degradation reactions
Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Venkatesh Balan, A. Daniel Jones, Kevin Chambliss, Lekh Sharma, Ramin Vismeh, Rebecca Garlock, Thomas Elder, Per Askeland, Bruce E. Dale
Lime pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse for fuel bioethanol production
Sarita C. Rabelo, Rubens Maciel Filho, Aline C. Costa
Cellulosic ethanol production from sugarcane bagasse using lime
Chang-Ho Chung, Donal F. Day
Comparing AFEX Pretreatment Conditions for Corn Stover Versus Poplar
Venkatesh Balan, Leonardo Da Costa Sousa, Derek Marshall, Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Bruce E. Dale
Nutritional evaluation of vapor-phase diethyloxalate (DEO) pretreated corn stover hemicellulosic hydrolysate to improve xylitol production by a Pichia stipitis D-xylulokinase mutant
Rita C.L.B. Rodrigues, William R. Kenealy, Thomas W. Jeffries
Optimization of an aqueous ammonia-soaking process for the enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw by cellulase
Ja Kyong Ko, Jin Seop Bak, Kyoung Heon Kim
Effect of wet disk milling-pretreatment without sulfuric acid for enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw
Akihiro Hideno, Hiroyuki Inoue, Kenichiro Tsukahara, Seiichi Inoue, Takashi Endo, Shigeki Sawayama
Olive tree biomass as a raw material for ethanol production. Comparison of pretreatments
Cristóbal Cara, Encarnación Ruiz, Inmaculada Romero, Manuel Moya, María José Negro, Jose M. Oliva, Paloma Manzanares, Eulogio Castro
Characterization and mapping of lignin during bioethanol process: Comparison between thermochemical and oxidative pre-treatment processes
Prasad Kaparaju, Claus Felby
Pretreatment of Waste Licorice for Bioethanol Production
Preparation and characterization of modified cellulose substrates for cellulase digestion studies
Sunkyu Park, Rui Katahira, Stuart Black, Michael E. Himmel, David K. Johnson
Simultaneous Saccharification and Ethanol Production from Pretreated Waste Oak Wood by Aqueous Ammonia
Jun SeoK Kim, Jin-Suk Lee
Pretreatment of Rigida Pine Wood by Acid and Ammonia Percolation
Yong Cheol Park, Jun-SeoK Kim, Yeong Suk Kim
Biotechnological Production of Xylitol: Optimization of Monosaccharide Recovery by Post-Hydrolysis of Hemicellulsic Hydrolysate after Acid hydrolysis of Sugarcane Baggase
Boutros Fouad Sarrouh, Juan Daniel Rivaldi, Ricardo De Freitas Branco, Silvio Silverio da Silva
Effect of PVPP and cell pellet treatment on fermentation of OA and DEO pretreated hemicellulosic hydrolyzates
Hassan K. Sreenath, Eric G. Horn, Masood Akhtar, Carl J. Houtman, Alan W. Rudie, Thomas W. Jeffries
The Severity Factor Influence over the Diluted Acid Hydrolysis of Sugar Cane Bagasse and the Fermentability of Hemicellulosic Hydrolysates for Ethanol Production
Gabriel Vargas Betancur, Andre Mano Silva, Patrycia Garcia de Melo, Nei Pereira Jr.
Genencor Pretreatment Survey
Ryan E. Warner, Colin Mitchinson
Microscopic investigation of enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated wheat straw
Jan Bach Kristensen, Henning Jørgensen, Claus Felby
Exploring Advanced Characterization Tools to Study the Structure of the Plant Cell Wall at the Submicron Scale
John M. Yarbrough, Eric Chandler, Wafa Amir, Jeff A. Squier, Michael E. Himmel, Shi-You Ding
Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover by S.E.A.A. (Soaking In Ethanol and Aqueous Ammonia)
Tae Hyun Kim, John Nghiem, Kevin, B. Hicks
Detecting cellulase penetration into corn stover cell walls by immuno-electron microscopy
Bryon S. Donohoe, Michael J. Selig, Sridhar Viamajala, Stephen R. Decker, William S. Adney, Michael E. Himmel
pH and Buffer Effects on Xylose Degradation Rates and Products
Yulin Lu, Nathan S. Mosier
Phanerochaete chrysosporium Conditioning of Grasses: Enzyme Activity and Hydrolysis to Sugars
Swetha Mahalaxmi, Collin R. Jackson, Clint Williford
Study on Biomass Biodegradation by White Rot Fungi for Fuel Ethanol Production
Xiaoyu Zhang Sr., Chunyan Xu, Hongbo Yu
Ethanol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse by a Dilute Ammonia Process
Giovanna A. DeQueiroz, Trichur Ramachandran, Victor Bazan
Chemical characterization of fast pyrolysis bio-oils produced from pretreatments of pine wood feed stocks
El-barbary M. Hassan, Philip H. Steele, Leonard L. Ingram
Stable butanol production by immobilized Clostridium acetobutylicum 824 with polyethylene glycol gel carrier in a membrane-extractive fermentor
Sun-Mi Lee, Min-Ok Cho, Youngsoon Um, Yun-chul Chung, Ji Hyeon Kim, Byoung In Sang
Antioxidant Activity of Low-molecular-weight Lignin Fraction from Organosolv Pretreatment of Wood for Ethanol Production
Xuejun Pan, Li Shuai, J. Y. Zhu
Succinic Acid Production from Forest Based Succinic Acid Production from Forest Based  Raw Materials
David Hodge, Christian Andersson, Jonas Helmerius, Jonas Vinblad von Walter, Ulrika Rova, Kris Berglund
Activated carbon derived from Fast Pyrolysis Liquids Production of Agricultural Residues and Energy Crops
Isabel M. Lima, Akwasi A. Boateng
Manipulation of Multienzyme Catalysis with In-Situ Enzymatic Cofactor Regeneration for Production of Methanol from Biomass CO2
Ping Wang, F. Suhan Baskaya, Michael C. Flickinger
Enhancing Succinic acid production by improving fitness of E.coli production strains
Amarjeet Singh, Ryan T. Gill
Chemical and biochemical conversion of sugarcane residues to obtain chemicals and products
Luis R M Oliveira, Marcelo B W Saad, Sandra M Luz, Regina Y Moriya, Gisele A A Labat, Denise S. Ruzene, Saskia L Pereira, Karine Pereira, Rafael G. Candido, Naila Mori, George J. M. Rocha, Adilson R. Gonçalves
Lignin recovery from pulping liquors ethanol-water of sugarcane straw: temperature and pH effects
Germán C. Quintana M., Gisele Aparecida Amaral Labat, Adilson Roberto Gonçalves, Jorge A. Velásquez J.
Swine Manure Fermentation to Produce Biohydrogen
Jun Zhu, Yecong Li, Xiao Wu, Curtis Miller, Paul Chen, Roger Ruan
Ethanol and initial state effect in analysis of viability and dynamic response to fermentation performance on Saccharomyces cerevisiae: intensification of ethanol production in a membrane two stages bioreactor
Sanchez Gonzalez Y., S. Alfenore, X. Cameleyre, C. Molina-Jouve, G. Goma
Platform chemical production from wheat-based biorefining strategy
Carol Sze Ki Lin, Chenyu Du, Colin Webb, James Clark
Complete conversion of polymeric sugars and water to hydrogen and carbon dioxide for future power system
Y.-H. Percival Zhang, Barbara R. Evans, Jonathan R. Mielenz, Robert C. Hopkins, Michael W.W. Adams
Rapid analysis of rhamnolipid biosurfactant by methylene blue complexation
Neissa M. Pinzon, Lu-Kwang Ju
Biopetroleum: Bacterial Production of Hydrocarbons
Lawrence P. Wackett
Modeling of Biomass Gasifier Based on Thermodynamic Equilibrium
Hua-Jiang Huang, Shri Ramaswamy
Integrated Forest Biorefining – A New Modeling Approach
Hua-Jiang Huang, Shri Ramaswamy
Microbial Synthesis of Phloroglucinol and Xylitol
Huimin Zhao
Cellulosic Films obtained from the Treatment of Sugarcane Bagasse Fibers with N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO)
Denise S. Ruzene, Daniel P. Silva, António A. Vicente, José A. Teixeira, Maria T. Pessoa de Amorim, Adilson R. Gonçalves
Evaluation of Agro-Industrial Residues for New Trends in Application of Lignocellulosic Materials
Denise S. Ruzene, Elif Yagiz, Dilek Marangoz, Daniel P. Silva, António A. Vicente, Adilson R. Gonçalves, José A. Teixeira
Characterization and application of microbial consortia-based biofuel cells
Abhijeet P. Borole, David Leak, Choo Hamilton, Mohammad I. Ali, Tequila A. L. Harris, Thomas Fuller
WATER EXTRACTS FROM SWITCHGRASS AS A VALUE-ADDED STREAM
Nirmal Uppugundla, Sathya Vandhana Ravindranath, Danielle Julie Carrier, Jackson O. Lay, Jennifer A. Gidden, Edgar C. Clausen
Synthesis of Novel Organic Chemicals and Nanostructured Materials from Biorefinery Resources
Nibedita Sanyal, Joseph J. Bozell*
Determination of biodiesel physicochemical properties  from six raw materials: an comparative study
Nívea De Lima da Silva, Oscar Javier Celis Ariza, Cesar Benedito Batistella, André Luiz Jardini, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel, Rubens Maciel Filho
Bioethanol production from different cellulosic sources using Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation
Verônica Ferreira, Mariana de Oliveira Faber, Nei Pereira Jr.
Direct Power Generation by Utilising Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Construction of a Photomicrobial Fuel Cell
Yang-Sheng Lin, Ming-Hung Jian, John Chi-Wei Lan
Optimization of Fermentation Medium for Biological Hydrogen Production by Thermotoga neapolitana
Xiaohui Yu, Caye M. Drapcho
Production of astaxanthin from corn fiber as a value-added co-product of fuel ethanol fermentation
Nhuan P. Nghiem, David Johnston, Justin Montanti
Biogas production by Bacillus sp. anaerobic cultivations: new trend of alternative energy source in urbanized areas
Luiz Carlos Martins das Neves, Carla Fernandes de Melo Souza, Marina Ishii, Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna, Attilio Converti
Influence of microwave pyrolysis conditions on char properties
Fei Yu, Zhiping Le, Philip Steele
Optimization Strategies for PHA production using Rhodospirillum rubrum Cultured on Synthesis Gas in a Continuous Reactor
David C. Chipman, Dong-Won Choi, Samuel T. Jones, Robert C. Brown
Production of the polysaccharide curdlan on the ethanol fermentation coproduct thin stillage
Thomas P. West
Sequential Process Production of Bioethanol from the Castor Bean Seed Cake (Ricinus communis L.) generated from the Biodiesel Process 
Walber Carvalho Melo, Luiz Cláudio Souza Carlos, Lídia Maria Melo Santa Anna, Nei Pereira Jr.
ZrO2-SiO2 -supported solid acid ClO4-/Fe2O3-La2O3 as catalyst for straw liquefaction
Ailing Bai, Zhiping Le, Fei Yu, Zhaoping Chen, Lizhi Hong, Yanqiu Huang, Roger Ruan, Shaobo Deng
Effects of Treatment Variables on Supercritical Gasification of High-Diversity Grassland Perennials
Bo Zhang, Zhigang Zhang, Marc Von Keitz, Kenneth Valentas
Effect of yeast extract supplementation on curdlan production from condensed corn distillers solubles
Thomas P. West
Effects of NADH-dependent xylose reductase on cofermentation of glucose and xylose to ethanol by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sung H. Lee, Hyun Jung Jung, Yong C. Park, Seiya Watanabe, Tsutomu Kodaki, K. Makino, Jin-Ho Seo
Studies on kinetics of the biodiesel fuel production process catalyzed by free and immobilized lipases
Renata M. R. G. Almeida, Anny Caroline S. da Silva, Rosana R. L. Araujo, Davi A. Mendonça, Livia M. O. Ribeiro
Model Simulation of In vitro Synthetic Enzymatic Pathway for Novel Hydrogen Production with Its Predictions
Xinhao Ye, Y.-H. Percival Zhang
Heterologous expression, purification, and characterization of a new phosphorylase from Clostridium thermocellum
Xinhao Ye, Y.-H. Percival Zhang
Fast Pyrolysis and Bio-oil Production from Agricultural Residues and Energy Crops
Charles A. Mullen, Akwasi A. Boateng
Fast biodiesel production by one-phase reaction
Ji-Yeon Park, Deog-Keun Kim, Zhong-Ming Wang, Jin-Suk Lee
Kinetics of castor and waste cooking oils ethanolysis for biodiesel production
Nívea De Lima da Silva, Elmer Ccopa Rivera, Danilo Ribeiro de Lima, César Benedito Batistella, Rubens Maciel Filho, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel
New chemical building blocks and polymers from biorefinery process streams
Joseph J. Bozell, Mark D. Dadmun, Zhe Jiang
Growth and oil production studies of Botryococcus sudeticus (UTEX 2629) on secondarily treated wastewater
Bill B. Elmore, Matthew Young
Production of Pyruvate by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli
Yihui Zhu, Mark A. Eiteman, Elliot Altman
Effects of Flue Gas Components on Succinate Production in Dual-phase Escherichia coli Fermentations
Shiying Lu, Mark A. Eiteman, Elliot Altman
Kinetics Study on High-diversity Grassland Perennials Liquefaction
Hua-Jiang Huang, Bo Zhang, Shri Ramaswamy
Synthetic Applications of the Ferrier Reaction in Organometallic and Carbohydrate Chemistry
Nathan C. Tice, Joseph J. Bozell
Fractionation and characterization of bio-oil from biomass pyrolysis
Changyan Yang, Johannes Moen, Bo Zhang, Kevin Hennessy, Paul Chen, Roger Ruan
Catalytic Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis of High-diversity Grassland Perennials
Johannes Moen, Bo Zhang, Changyan Yang, Zhiping Le, Kevin Hennessy, Paul Chen, Roger Ruan
Biodiesel synthesis  via enzymatic esterification of  feed stock with high content of free fatty acids
Marcella S. Souza, Monica A. P. Silva, Marta A. P. Langone

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