Monday, May 4, 2009: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Ballroom C (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)
Session 6: Microbial Science and Technology 2
Microorganisms are powerful catalysts capable of synthesizing an ever wider range of fuels and chemicals from renewable feedstocks (sugars, synthesis gas, etc). Papers in this session will describe recent progress in developing and implementing new or improved microbes for biorefining applications. [Sessions 2 and 6]
Chair:Niels van der Lelie
Co-chair:Kristala Jones Prather
1:00 PM6-01Metagenomics for mining new deconstructive enzymes, exploring enzyme diversity and screening cellulolytic activities
Luen-Luen Li, Sean McCorkle, Denise C. Monteleone, Susannah G. Tringe, Tanja Woyke, Shi-You Ding, Michael E. Himmel, Safiyh Taghavi, Daniel Van der Lelie
1:30 PM6-02Cellulolytic Extreme Thermophiles and Hyperthermophiles from Terrestrial Hot Springs
Joel E. Graham, Priya Jayachandran, Melinda Clark, Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark, Frank T. Robb
2:00 PM6-03Mining Clostridium thermocellum for Enzymatically Active Carbohydrases
Phillip J. Brumm, Becky Hochstein, Julie Boyum, Norma Magallanes, Dhaval Desai, Nick Hermersmann, Alan Bettermann, David Mead, Paul J. Weimer
2:30 PM Break
3:00 PM6-04Genome shuffling of Penicillium decumbens to improve its cellulase production
Yanfei Cheng, Xin Song, Yuqi Qin, Yinbo Qu
3:30 PM6-05Development and characterization of xylose-fermenting strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae based on structure-based engineering of key metabolic enzymes
Bernd Nidetzky, Mario Klimacek, Stefan Krahulec, Barbara Petschacher
4:00 PM6-06Understanding the Relationship of Toxic Compounds in Corn Stover Hydrolysates and Their Inhibitory Effects on Ethanologen Growth and Fermentation
Min Zhang, Mary Ann Franden, Philip T. Pienkos, Heidi M. Pilath, Ed Jennings, Ali Mohagheghi, Yat-chen Chou, C. Kevin Chambliss, Nick Nagle, Richard Elander

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