Monday, April 19, 2010: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
LL Conference Facility (Hilton Clearwater Beach)
Session Poster Session 1: Poster Session One Sponsored by Genencor
Chair:Mun Su Rhee
Co-chair:James G. Elkins
Bioprospecting in the Indonesian rain forest, and the freezer, to identify microbes for improved biofuels
Kyria L. Boundy-Mills
The molecular response of Clostridium thermocellum ATCC27405 to ethanol shock
Shihui Yang, Zamin Yang, Dawn M. Klingeman, Lezlee Dice, Timothy Tschaplinski, Richard J. Giannone, Robert Hettich, Nancy Engle, Miguel Rodriguez Jr., Brian H. Davison, Tony Palumbo, Martin Keller, Steven D. Brown
Construction and characterization of an ldh deletion mutant of Bacillus coagulans
Qingzhao Wang, Yue Su, Mun Su Rhee, L.O Ingram, K. T. Shanmugam
Cyanophycin biosynthesis using engineered Escherichia Coli BL21 and thin stillage from ethanol industry
Yixing Zhang, Amit Kumar, Praveen Vadlani, Sanjeev Narayanan
A systems biology approach towards improvement of itaconic acid production in Aspergillus sp
Arno H. van de Kant, Peter J. Punt, An Li, Nicole van Luijk, Martien Caspers, Mariet van der Werf
Understanding the mechanisms for ethanol tolerance in Clostridium thermocellum using systems biology analysis
Xiongjun Shao, Lee Lynd, Babu Raman, Miguel Rodriguez Jr, Courtney Johnson, Jonathan Mielenz, Steven Brown, Robert Hettich, Timothy Tschaplinski, Wendy Schackwitz, Joel Martin, Dave Hogsett
Xylose fermentation by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae through functional expression of xylose isomerase from Bacteroides stercoris
Suk Jin HA, Jin-Ho Choi, Soo Rin Kim, Yong-Su Jin
Effect of glycerol metabolism on xylose fermentation by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Soo Rin Kim, Suk Jin HA, Jin-Ho Choi, Yong-Su Jin
No-distill ethanol fermentation: Co-production of acetaldehyde and hydrogen from glucose by Escherichia coli
Huilin Zhu, Thomas A Bobik
Recombineering for multiple gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for cellulose and hemicellulose utilization
Mallory J. Agard, Thomas W. Jeffries
Production of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde from glycerol in recombinant Escherichia coli expressing novel glycerol dehydratase gene cluster from Lactobacillus brevis
Su-Ryang Kwak, Kwang-Wook Kim, Jin-Ah Noh, Yong-Cheol Park, Jin-Ho Seo
Effects of modulation of glycerol metabolism on bioethanol production in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae DGPD1DGDH1
Jin-Woo Kim, Jeong-Eun Lee, Yong-Cheol Park, Jin-Ho Seo
Evaluation of cellulolytic filamentous fungi phenotypes using randomly amplified cDNA with RAPD primers
Edna Maria Morais Oliveira, Natália Eudes Fagundes Barros, Thiago S. Ferreira, Tatiane Correa Oliveira, Selma C. Terzi, Monica C.T. Damaso
The effect of heat pretreatment on the analysis of bacterial community for fermentative hydrogen production
Lívian R.V. de Sá, Tatiane C. Oliveira, Andrea Matos, Thiago S. Ferreira, Edna Maria Morais Oliveira, Viridiana S. Ferreira-Leitão
Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for bioethanol production: A review of Lund's contribution
Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund, Gunnar Lidén, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal
Engineered cellobiose utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by expression of Pichia stipitis genes
Shawn S. Nelson, Jennifer R. Headman Van Vleet, Thomas W. Jeffries
Improved fermentation capacity of Pichia stipitis NRRL Y-7124; Overexpression of multiple genes
Sarah D. Mahan, Shawn Nelson, Thomas W Jeffries
A genetic overhaul of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) to improve xylose fermentation
Aloke Bera, Miroslav Sedlak, Aftab Khan, Nancy Ho
Modulation of pentose sugar transport by Gal1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Aftab Khan, Miroslav Sedlak, Aloke Bera, Nancy W. Y. Ho
Genetic engineering of industrial yeast strains for the production of bioethanol and biobutanol from C5 and C6 sugars
Christian Weber, Gunter Festel, Eckhard Boles
Improved butanol production for biofuel by microbial fermentation
Igor Mierau, Jeroen Hugenholtz
Improved alcohol tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae through inverse metabolic engineering
Dae-Hyuk Kweon, Min-Eui Hong, Ki-Sung Lee, Young-Je Sung, Sung Min Park, Koo Hyun Min, Yu Byung Jo, Park Jae Chan, Yong-Su Jin
Cloning and expression of novel bacterial xylose isomerases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ronald E. Hector, Bruce S. Dien, Michael A. Cotta
Effect of promoter strength on heterologous pyruvate carboxylase gene expression and succinate yield by metabolic engineered E.coli
Chandresh Thakker, Jiangfeng Zhu, George Bennett, Ka-Yiu San
Effect of the exogenous gene xylA on the ability of S. cerevisiae to grow on xylose
Jane Usher, Peter Quon, Linda Harris, Anne Johnston, Kristin Baetz
Ethanol production by ethanologenic Escherichia coli using xylose-glucose-acetate mixtures in batch and continuous cultures
Marco T. Fernández-Sandoval, Guillermo Gosset, Alfredo Martinez
Cellulose and xylan fermentation by Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis
Jonathan R. Mielenz, Miguel Rodriguez, Scott Hamilton-Brehm, Choo Hamilton, Babu Raman
Agro-industrial residues reuse as nutrient source during fructooligosaccharides production by solid-state fermentation
Solange I. Mussatto, Ligia R. Rodrigues, José A. Teixeira
Analysis of membrane properties and their influence on biofuel tolerance
Sarah M. Huffer, Melinda E. Clark, Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark
Identification of stress-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for fermentation of lignocellulosic feedstocks by high throughput phenotypic screening
Sydnor T. Withers, Jason Shao, Benjamin Bice, Jeffrey A. Lewis, Miguel A. Dominguez, Venkatesh Balan, Supratim Datta, Mark F. Davis, Blake A. Simmons, Bruce Dale, Thomas W. Jeffries, Wesley D. Marner II, Yury Bukhman, Audrey P. Gasch, Trey K. Sato
Butanol production from engineered recombinant Escherichia coli: Butanol synthetic genes from Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii
Seunghyun Ryu, M. Nazmul Karim
Understanding biomass recalcitrance by single-molecule imaging of cellulases and chemical mapping of plant cell wall degradation
Yu-San Liu, Yining Zeng, Hui Wei, Yonghua Luo, Michael E. Himmel, Qi Xu, John O. Baker, Steve Smith, Brian G. Saar, X. Sunney Xie, Shi-You Ding
Multi-level evidences indicate that cellulose solvent-based pretreatment efficiently breaks the recalcitrance of switchgrass: Crystallinity or accessibility?
Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Zhiguang Zhu, Y.-H. Percival Zhang
Incorporation of epicatechin esters into lignin enhances cell wall fermentability
John H. Grabber, John Ralph, Dino K. Ress, Xuejun Pan
Statistical analysis of X-ray data from cellulose: A new method to determine degree of crystallinity and predict hydrolysis rates
Prabuddha Bansal, Mélanie Hall, Matthew J. Realff, Jay H. Lee, Andreas S. Bommarius
Pretreatment severity mapping and the relationship between enzyme inhibitor generation and cellulose accessibility
Geoff Moxley, Armindo Gaspar, Don Higgins
Quantitative determination of amorphous cellulose accessibility by using a novel non-hydrolytic fusion protein containing a CBM17 and a red fluorescent protein
Zhigang Zhu, Joe Rollin, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Y.-H. Percival Zhang
Recalcitrance: Will the real lignin stand up?
Poulomi Sannigrahi, Dong Ho Kim, Kasi David, Arthur Ragauskas
Application of an integrated high-throughput pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis (HTPPH) screening tool to identify key biomass features and processing conditions
Jaclyn D. DeMartini, Michael H. Studer, Charles E. Wyman
Investigating cellulose hydrolysis by cellulases using simultaneous AFM and confocal microscopy
Monica C. Santa-Maria, Tina Jeoh
Investigating the anatomical features of ethanol organosolv pretreated Buddleja davidii
Bassem Hallac, Michael Ray, Richard Murphy, Arthur Ragauskas
Plant cell-wall recalcitrance and saccharification efficiency of lowland switchgrass variety Alamo
Hui Shen, Chunxiang Fu, Xirong Xiao, Tui Ray, Yuhong Tang, Zengyu Wang, Fang Chen, Richard A. Dixon
Studying cellulase hydrolysis of cellulose with AFM and TIRF-M
Yu-San Liu, Yonghua Luo, John O. Baker, Yining Zeng, Michael E. Himmel, Steve Smith, Shi-you Ding
High-throughput determination of the primary structural carbohydrates in lignocelluloses
Michael J. Selig, Melvin P. Tucker, Xiaowen Chen, Cody Law, Stephen R Decker
Comparison of methods for integrating poplar metabolite and transcriptomic data
David Astling, Peter Graf, Kofi Adragni, Jinsuk Lee, Mark Davis
Characterization and semiquantitative estimation of biomass recalcitrance in switchgrass by whole cell HSQC analysis in perdeuterated pyridinium chloride/DMSO-d6  solvent system
Reichel S*, Marcus F, Nan J, Arthur J. Ragauskas
Copolymerization of sinapyl p-coumarate with sinapyl alcohol: Impact on syringyl lignin formation and fermentability of maize cell walls
John H. Grabber, Fachuang Lu
Imaging matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) of poplar stem
Seokwon Jung, Yanfeng Chen, M. Cameron Sullards, Art J. Ragauskas
Identification of a putative plant cell wall recalcitrance gene
Ajaya K. Biswal
Visualizing modes of cellulase binding, penetration, and clearing of pretreated biomass cell walls
Bryon S. Donohoe, Thomas J. Haas, Todd B. Vinzant, Shi-You Ding, Melvin P. Tucker, David K. Johnson, Michael E. Himmel
Manipulation of the lignocellulosic content in grasses
Pia H. Nord-Larsen, Christian Bukh, Søren K. Rasmussen
Chemical depolymerization of switchgrass xylan with oligosaccharide product analysis by HPAEC-PAD and mass spectrometry
Michael J. Bowman, Bruce S. Dien, Patricia J. O'Bryan, Gautam Sarath, Michael A. Cotta
Effect of pretreatment on cellulose DP reduction and the relationship between DP reduction and cellulose digestibility
Wei Wang, Michael E. Himmel, David Johnson
Investigating the effects of water interactions in lignocellulosic biomass on high solids enzymatic saccharification efficiency
Katrina Roberts, Christopher Lee, Jean VanderGheynst, Tina Jeoh
Simulations of cellulose fibrils with several molecular mechanics force fields
James F. Matthews, Malin Bergenstrahle, Jakob Wohlert, Michael E. Himmel, John W. Brady, Michael F. Crowley
Effect of lignin content and cellulose crystallinity index on enzymatic hydrolysis
Zhiying Yu, Sunkyu Park, Hasan Jameel, Hou-min Chang
Adsorption of cellulases onto isolated lignins from pretreated wood biomass
Junyeong Park, Orlando J. Rojas, Sunkyu Park
Isolation and selection of filamentous fungi for producing hydrolytic enzymes of cassava starch
Andres M. Rueda, Clara S. Sanchez, Rodrigo Torres, Daniel Molina
Linking Trichoderma reesei cultivation process parameters, enzyme production, and hydrolysis performance
Linda Lehmann, Lisbeth Olsson, Stuart Michael Stocks, Henrik Steen Jørgensen, Timothy Hobley
Isolation of lignocellulose degrading fungi from Miscanthus and sugarcane fields
Prachand Shrestha, Rafael I. Silverman y de la Vega, Timothy Szaro, Thomas D. Bruns, John W. Taylor
Toward understanding fundamentals of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose through a restart approach
Bin Yang, Yunqiao Pu, Art J. Ragauskas, Jian Shi, Charles Wyman
Stochastic simulations of action of enzyme cocktails on cellulose
Andrea Asztalos, Tongye Shen, Paul Langan, Antonio Redondo, S. Gnanakaran
Mining Dictyoglomus turgidum for enzymatically active carbohydrases
Phillip J. Brumm, Spencer Hermanson, Becky Hochstein, Julie Boyum, Nick Hermersmann, Krishne Gowda, David Mead
Thermophilic microbes and their thermostable enzymes for lignocellulose conversion
Rajesh K. Sani, Venkat Reddy Kunreddy, Aditya Bhalla, Vasudeo Zambare, David B. Litzen, Lori Litzen, Keith Flanegan, Kenneth M. Bischoff, Stephen R. Hughes, David J. Dixon, Lew P. Christopher
Biochemical characterization of thermophilic lignocellulose-degrading enzymes and their potential for biomass bioprocessing
Vasudeo Zambare, Aditya Bhalla, Kasiviswanath Muthukumarappan, Rajesh Sani, Lew Christopher
Computational approaches to understanding the complex multi-modular enzyme CbhA from Clostridium thermocellum
Yannick J. Bomble, Mark R. Nimlos, Markus Alahuhta, Qi Xu, Vladimir V. Lunin, Michael E. Himmel, Michael F. Crowley
Biophysical characterization of protein/cellulose surface interactions
John M. Yarbrough, Gregg T. Beckham, Yannick J. Bomble, Larry E. Taylor II, Markus Alahuhta, Todd B. Vinzant, Qi Xu, Vladimir V. Lunin, Michael E. Himmel, William S. Adney
Computational thermostabilization of a model cellulase
Larry E. Taylor II, Gregg T. Beckham, Vladimir V. Lunin, Markus Alahuhta, Michael E. Himmel, William S. Adney
Targeted enzyme discovery in thermophilic feedstock-adapted microbial communities
Steven W. Singer, John M. Gladden, Martin Allgaier, Amitha P. Reddy, Jean S. Vandergheynst, Terry C. Hazen, Blake A. Simmons, Philip Hugenholtz
Major enzymes expressed by the tree pathogen Heterobasidion annosum when grown on lignocellulose
Xiaoyu Wang, Majid Haddad Momeni, Jesper Svedberg, Mats Sandgren, Jerry Stahlberg
Pretreatment of lignocellulosics using Cel7A: Improving enzymatic hydrolysis rates
Mélanie Hall, Prabuddha Bansal, Jay Lee, Matthew Realff, Andreas Bommarius
A novel enzyme that cleaves a phenolic ether bond between C6 of mannose and a monolignol analog
Nancy G. Kravit, Katherine A. Schmidt
Use of an integrated enzyme use cost model to determine an optimal process design configuration for a stand-alone corn stover to ethanol plant
Brandon Emme, Mads Torry-Smith, Andy Aden, David Humbird
Changes on cellulolytic enzyme system during simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
Xu Fang, Kai Liu, Lin Xiao, Yuqi Qin, Xiaomin Wei, Guodong Liu, Mingtian Zhu, Yinbo Qu
Analysis of gene expression in the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete carnosa grown on hardwood and softwood
Jacqueline MacDonald, Thomas Canam, Matt Doering, Emma Master
Structural basis for the dual modes of substrate binding for C. thermocellum CbhA CBM4: Is it only a family B CBM?
Markus Alahuhta, Qi Xu, Yannick J. Bomble, William S. Adney, Shi-you Ding, Michael E. Himmel, Vladimir V. Lunin
Microbial enzyme systems for biomass conversion: Emerging paradigms
Edward A. Bayer, Qi Xu, Yonghua Luo, Shi-You Ding, Raphael Lamed, Michael E. Himmel
Progress on biochemical characterization and performance testing of family 48 exocellulases
Roman Brunecky, Larry E. Taylor, Vladimiri Lunin, Marcus Alahuhta, John O. Baker, Qi Xu, Michael E. Himmel, William S. Adney
Thermostable enzymes from cellulolytic bacteria toward cellulose degradation
Yanna Liang, Jemil Yesuf
Producing mechanism and lignocellulosic biomass hydrolyzing ability of the enzymes produced by cellulase hyper-producing mutants derived from the fungus Trichoderma reesei QM9414
Tatsuya Fujii, Katsuji Murakami, Shigeki Sawayama
Improving protoplast production and purity for modification of Aspergillus niger for enzyme production
Gaihong Wu, Shulin Chen
Characterization of the activity of thermophilic microbial communities on bioenergy feedstocks
A. P. Reddy, M. Allgaier, J. M. Gladden, S. W. Singer, P. Hugenholtz, B. A. Simmons, T. C. Hazen, J. S. VanderGheynst
Characterization of a thermally-tolerant pectin esterase for plant biomass processing and structure modification
Brett J. Savary, Prasanna Vasu
Characterization of cellulase and hemicellulases activities of Accellerase® biomass enzymes from T. reesei
Steven Le, Mian Li, Colin Mitchinson
Properties of thermostable cellulose-degrading enzymes of deep underground thermophilic isolates
Aditya Bhalla, Vasudeo Zambare, Patrick C. Gilcrease, Rajesh Sani, Lew Christopher
Improve specific activity of Trichoderma reesei enzymes induced by selected biomass feedstock
Hui Wei, Melvin Tucker, Igor Bogorad, Lauren Magnusson, John Baker, Andrew Bowersox, Qi Xu, Yining Zeng, Yu-San Liu, Michael Himmel, Pin-Ching Maness, Shi-You Ding
Native corn stover induces efficient production of hydrogen and ethanol in Clostridium thermocellum
Hui Wei, Lauren Magnusson, Melvin Tucker, John Baker, Igor Bogorad, Andrew Bowersox, Yining Zeng, Yu-San Liu, Yonghua Luo, Michael Himmel, Pin-Ching Maness, Shi-You Ding
The structural role of O-linked glycosylation on the linker peptide of the Trichoderma reesei family 7 cellobiohydrolase
Michael F. Crowley, Gregg T. Beckham, Yannick J. Bomble, James F. Matthews, Lintao Bu, Mark R. Nimlos, William S. Adney, John M. Yarbrough, Michael E. Himmel
Molecular dynamics investigations of cellulose selectivity of the carbohydrate binding module (CBM) from Cel7a
Mark R. Nimlos, Gregg T. Beckham, Lintao Bu, Michael F. Crowley, James F. Matthews, Yannick J. Bomble, Michael Himmel, William S. Adney
Probing cellobiose expulsion in the catalytic tunnel of Cel7A
Lintao Bu, Gregg T. Beckham, Mark R. Nimlos, William S. Adney, Michael E. Himmel, Michael F. Crowley
Bioethanol production from steam-exploded barley straw
María del Prado García-Aparicio, J.M. Oliva, Paloma Manzanares, Mercedes Ballesteros, Felicia Sáez, M.J. Negro
Structure, function, and synergy of mono-and bi-functional arabinofuranosidases from Saccharophagus degradans in biomass conversion
Michael G. Resch, Michael E. Himmel, Steven R. Decker, Larry E. Taylor III
Assessment of the importance of cellulase sub-site specificity on rate of enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis
Jerome Fox, Seth E. Levine, Douglas S. Clark, Harvey W. Blanch
Evaluation of production of β-glucosidase, xylanase, β-xylosidase, feruil-esterase by Aspergillus awamori
Leda M. F. Gottschalk, Raquel S. Paredes, Barbara B. Silva, Ricardo S. S. Teixeira, Elba P. S. Bon
A microassay to evaluate inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis following dilute acid pretreatment of corn stover
Byung-Hwan Um, Mahdieh Aghazadeh, G. Peter vanWalsum
Extent of enzyme adsorption to cellulosic biomass is strongly dependent on type of substrate and thermochemical pretreatment
Gao Dahai, Shishir Chundawat, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce Dale
Combinatorial engineering of endoglucanases using a cell-free protein expession system
Tae-Wan Kim, Harshal A. Chokhawala, Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark
Evaluation of holocellulase production by filamentous fungi grown on agro-industrial residues
Félix Gonçalves de Siqueira, Aline Gonçalves de Siqueira, Eliane Gonçalves de Siqueira, Marly Azevedo Carvalho, Beatriz Magalhães Pinto Peretti, Paula Marcela Duque Jaramillo, Ricardo Sposina Sobral Teixeira, Eustáquio Souza Dias, Carlos Roberto Félix, Edivaldo Ximenes Ferreira Filho
A method for calculation of enzymatic hydrolysis yield at high solid concentration
Yongming Zhu, Marco Malten, Mads Torry-Smith
Lignocellulolytic enzyme production by Grifola frondosa (maitake) during solid state fermentation on two formulations based on coffee spent-ground and oak-sawdust
Carlos E. Orrego, Sandra Montoya, Laura Levin
Engineering lower inhibitor affinities in β-D-xylosidase of Selenomonas ruminantium by site-directed mutagenesis of Trp145
Douglas B. Jordan, Kurt Wagschal, Zhanmin Fan, Ling Yuan, Jay Braker, Chamroeun Heng
Characterization of carbohydrate active enzymes produced during ensilage
Farzaneh Rezaei, Jean S. VanderGheynst
General whole-cell active/inactive screen for random mutagenesis generated libraries of glycosylhydrolases that depolymerize cellulose and arabinoxylan
Kurt Wagschal, Chamroeun Heng, Charles C. Lee, Victor Chan, Zhanmin Fan, Ling Yuan
Dual binding mode of the cellulosomal CBM4 from Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase A
Markus Alahuhta, Qi Xu, Yannick J. Bomble, William S. Adney, Shi-You Ding, Michael E. Himmel, Vladimir V. Lunin
Enzyme characterization of cellulase and hemicellulases component enzymes and saccharification of ionic liquid pretreated lignocellulosic biomass
Christopher J. Barr, Constance A. Schall, Jeffrey A. Mertens
Cloning and characterization of alpha-glucuronidase enzymes from mixed cultures
Charles C. Lee, Rena E Kibblewhite, Kurt Wagschal, William J. Orts
Synthetic enzyme mixtures for biomass conversion: The role of accessory enzymes
John S. Scott-Craig, Goutami Banerjee, Suzana Car, Melissa S. Borrusch, Jonathan D. Walton
Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis of cassava starch for production of glucose syrup
Mónica I. Ruiz, Rodrigo Torres, Clara Sanchez, Daniel Molina
Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria for the lignocellulosic conversion
Jung Kon Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Chang Geun Yoo
Ethanolysis of Jatropha curcas oil by different lipases immobilized on silica-PVA composite
Livia T. A. Souza, Poliana C. Tiosso, Flavio F Moraes, Gisella M. Zanin, Heizir F. de Castro
Microbial fructosyltransferase: Production and characterization
Rafael F Perna, Elda S Silva, Gisella M. Zanin, Flavio F Moraes, Maria F.A. Rodrigues, Alfredo E. Maiorano
Identification of the main components of cellulases and xylanases by Acremonium cellulolyticus grown on different carbon sources
Hiroyuki Inoue, Tatsuya Fujii, Akihiro Hideno, Xu Fang, Shinichi Yano, Shigeki Sawayama
Fatty acid alkyl ester recovery from intracellular triacylglycerides (TAGs) – Development of a single step reactive extraction and separation process
Sridhar Viamajala, Daniel R. Nelson, Ronald C. Sims
Effect of cell rupturing methods on the drying characteristics of microalgae
Thiru Viswanathan, Sudhagar Mani, Senthil Chinnasamy
Effects of hydraulic and solids retention times on growth and settleability of microalgal-bacterial biomass for biofuel production
Julia M. Valigore, Peter Gostomski, Aisling O'Sullivan
Genetic transformation of marine diatom, Navicula sp. JPCC DA0580
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Masaki Muto, Yoshiaki Maeda, Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Tadashi Matsunaga
Production of stable distillable biomass pyrolysis oils
Foster Agblevor, Ofei Mante, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine
Twice CO2 fixation in a novel photosynthesis-fermentation model enhances algal lipid synthesis for fuels
Qingyu Wu, Wei Xiong
Feasibility of spectroscopic characterization of algal lipids: Chemometric correlation of NIR and FTIR spectra with exogenous lipids in algal biomass
Lieve Laurens, Ed Wolfrum
Optimizing carbohydrate metabolism in phototrophic algae for biofuel production
Robert E. Jinkerson, Victoria Work, Randor Radakovits, Matthew Posewitz
Microalgal flocculation and sedimentation via alkalinity-induced salt precipitation
Benjamin T. Smith, Al Darzins, Robert H. Davis
New rapid method for determination of the total acid number (TAN) of fast pyrolysis oils
Jingai Shao, Foster Agblevor, Nii Ofei Mante, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine
Biofuels production from microalgae: A study of natural isolates from local wastewater sources
Bill Elmore, Jen Liu, Todd French, Rafael Hernandez
Production of carboxylic salts via mixed culture acidogenic fermentation of Algaefiber® (sea weed sludge) for chemical upgrading to higher alcohols liquid biofuel
Sampath A. Karunarathne, M. Clayton Wheeler, G.Peter Van Walsum
Explorative modeling and simulation of algal and plant metabolism for enhanced biofuel production
Ambarish Nag, Monte Lunacek, Peter Graf, Christopher H. Chang
Algae biodiesel production through immobilized lipase catalyzed transesterification
Leonardo José Brandão L. Matos, Glacio Souza Araújo, Wladimir R. Lobo Farias, Fabiano André N. Fernandes, Luciana Rocha Barros Gonçalves
Comparison of different methods for starch determination in microalgae
Giuliano M. Dragone, Bruno D. Fernandes, Ana Paula Abreu, Pedro Geada, António A. Vicente, José A. Teixeira
Hydrocarbon fuel production from microbial oils
Yanna Liang, Cui Yi, Tianyu Tang
Omega-3 fatty acid production from crude glycerol through microalgal fermentation
Yanna Liang, Nick Sarkany, Cui Yi
Evaluation of the effect of nitrogen limitation in the lipid production of the microalgae Neochloris oleoabundans
Adriana Garibay-Hernández, Mario A. Caro-Bermúdez, Leobardo Serrano-Carreón, Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt, Alfredo Martínez
Study of the accumulation of lipids in Yarrowia lipolytica using different carbon sources
R. R. Scoralick, H. V. L. Neto, A. A. C. Oliveira, Priscilla F.F. Amaral, Fernando L.P. Pessoa
Ethanol production from brown macro algae (Laminaria sp.) by acid saccharification and fermentation
Tae Su Jeong II, Won-il Choi Choi II, Chang-Ho Choi Sr., Kyeong Keun Oh
Biochemical and genetic characterization of three switchgrass CADs
Aaron J. Saathoff, Christian Tobias, Scott E. Sattler, Eric J. Haas, Paul Twigg, Gautam Sarath
Characterizing switchgrass genes encoding monolignol biosynthesis pathway enzymes
Luis L. Escamilla-Treviño, Hui Shen, Fang Chen, Timothy Hernandez, Yuhong Tang, Yanbin Yin, Ying Xu, Richard A. Dixon
Validation and use of a fluorescent real-time assay to quantitate COMT activities in bioenergy grasses
Nathan A. Palmer, Scott E. Sattler, Aaron J. Saathoff, G. Sarath
A systematic prediction of NAC transcription factors for improving biomass yield and quality in relation to lignocellulosic bioenergy production
Hui Shen, Yanbin Yin, Fang Chen, Ying Xu, Richard A. Dixon
In search of genetic determinants of a bioenergy sorghum ideotype
Ana Saballos, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, Scott Sattler, Zhanguo Xin, Wilfred Vermerris
Field performance of potential biomass feedstocks under no inputs in south Georgia
Joseph E. Knoll, William F. Anderson, Tim Strickland, Bob Hubbard
Small-scale conversion screen to identify sorghum with superior traits
Tanya Kruse, Anthy Alexiades, Greg East, Bonnie R. Hames, Joon-Hyun Park
Piloting biofuels processes: Scale-up issues from bench to pilot
Dennis Gertenbach, Brian L. Cooper
Algae production and sugar cane mills: Is there a synergy?
Vadim Kochergin, Donal Day, Mark Suhr
Comparative economics and yields for mixed alcohols from pre-pulping hemicellulose extracts via three MixAlco™ pathways
Abigail S. Engelberth, M. Clayton Wheeler, G. Peter van Walsum
Could pulp mills be the biorefineries of the future?
Lisa X. Lai, Renata Bura, Richard Gustafson
The MicroDrivE-concept: Integration of storage, pre-treatment, ethanol/ biogas production and side-product utilization towards a sustainable biofuel process
Volkmar Passoth, Anna Schnürer, Mats Sandgren, Ståhlberg Jerry, Johan Schnürer
Sustainable biodiesel production from palm using in situ produced glycerol and biomass for raw bioethanol
John A. Posada, Carlos A. Cardona, Luis E. Rincón
Potential for biofuel and animal feed production from low-input mixed-species feedstocks with comparison to conventional corn stover
Rebecca Garlock, Bryan D. Bals, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce E. Dale
Designing sustainable biofuel systems: Environmental and land use impacts
Bryan D. Bals, Seungdo Kim, Pragnya Lavanya Eranki, Bruce E. Dale
Land usage in a sustainable landscape, feedstock logistics and the operation of Regional Biomass Processing Depots (RBPDs)
Pragnya Lavanya Eranki, Bruce E. Dale
Implications of biomass storage systems for a life cycle inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from ethanol production
Nathan S. Mosier, Isaac Emery
A comparative cost analysis of perennial herbaceous energy crops and short-rotation woody crops
Laurence Eaton, Erin Wilkerson, Robert Perlack, Anthony Turhollow
Integration of succinic acid and ethanol production with potential application in a corn or barley biorefinery
Nhuan P. Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, David B. Johnston
Techno-economic evaluation of biogas production from stillage in a spruce-to-ethanol process
Zsolt Barta, Kati Réczey, Guido Zacchi
Lignin recovery in aqueous ammonia pre-treatment of switchgrass
Steven R. Sherman, Maximilian Gorensek
Energetic gains obtained with the use of recovery technologies in the fermentation to produce biobutanol
Giovane de Lima Cezário, Adriano Pinto Mariano, Tassia Lopes Junqueira, Caliane B. B. Costa, Rubens Maciel Filho
Beyond pretreatment: Pre-processing of biomass coupled with on-line measurement techniques
Shannon Ewanick, Renata Bura, Richard Gustafson, Brian Marquardt
Molecular modeling study of carboxylic acids, furfural and HMF extraction from biomass hydrolysates
David L. Grzenia, Xianghong Qian, Ranil Wickramasinghe
Application of membrane technologies in the two-step fermentation process to produce butanol
Jianjun Du, Robert Beitle, Edgar Clausen, Jamie Hestekin
Profiling biomass pretreatment hydrolysates by ultra performance liquid chromatography - ion mobility - high resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-IM-MS)
Christopher Becker, Sharon Munisamy, C. Kevin Chambliss
Continuous hydrogen production from molasses co-fermenting with liquid swine manure in an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor
Xiao Wu, Jun Zhu, Wanying Yao
Microbial load of switchgrass before and after pretreatment
Helen Wick, Elizabeth M. Martin, D. J. Carrier
Dissolved air flotation (DAF) for recovery of suspended solids from pretreated bagasse streams
Keith Miller, Vadim Kochergin
Solvent impregnated resins as an in situ product recovery tool
Corjan van Den Berg, Mark Roelands, Dirk Verdoes, Paul Bussmann, Luuk van der Wielen
Integrated biological hydrogen and methane production: A techno-economic study of the impact of fermentation strategies on production cost
Mattias Ljunggren, Guido Zacchi
Performance of an integrated bio-based process for production of ethanol from corn stover
Nancy Dowe, Ali Mohagheghi, Gary McMillen, David Humbird, Daniel J. Schell
Measurement of effective diffusivity in cellulosic fiber suspensions using magnetic resonance imaging
Emilio J. Tozzi, David M. Lavenson, Michael J. McCarthy, Robert L. Powell
Biotechnological process for obtaining new products derived of tropical fruits by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains
Suzane M. Araujo, Cristina Ferraz, Jane J. S. Moreira, Narendra Narain, Roberto Rodrigues de Souza
Performance of solid-liquid separation processes on lignocellulosic biomass slurries
David A. Sievers, Daniel J. Schell
Identification and quantitation of water extractives in selected sorghum variants
Richard S. Sevcik, William L. Rooney, C. Kevin Chambliss
Sugarcane bagasse enzymatic hydrolysis: Rheological studies as criteria to impeller selection
Leonardo Tupi Caldas Pereira, Lucas Tupi Caldas Pereira, Ricardo Sposina Sobral Teixeira, Suely Pereira Freitas, Elba P. S. Bon
Activation and inhibition in foam fractionation of proteins using organic and inorganic materials
Daniel B. Vocelle, Robert D. Tanner
Soluble polyelectrolytes for efficienct enzyme recovery, solids flocculation and inhibitory compound removal from pine wood hydrolyzate
Todd J. Menkhaus, Phillip Squillace, Devon Burke, Brian Carter, Raghunandan Guarram
Analysis of nutritional composition and detoxification of Jatropha curcas cake after solid-state fermentation
Taís da S. Rosa, Aline M. Castro, Alexandre G. Torres, Denise M. G. Freire
Biosurfactant production optimization using response surface
Cristina Ferraz, Álvaro A. Araújo, Roberto Rodrigues de Souza
Evaluation of mathematical models for the effects of initial substrate concentration on ethanol fermentation of cashew apple juice by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Álvaro Daniel Teles Pinheiro, Maria Valderez Ponte Rocha, Gorete de Ribeiro Macedo, Luciana R. B. Gonçalves
Purification and characterization of endoxylanases produced by Bacillus circulans D1 on maltose as carbon source
Daniela Alonso Bocchini-Martins, Rodrigo S. R. Leite, Heloiza F. Alves-Prado, Gomes, E. Gomes, R. Da Silva
Experimental design 23 to evaluate the ethanol production by Klebsiella pneumonia
Jouciane de Sousa Silva, Jocélia de Sousa Mendes, Maria Valderez Ponte Rocha, Regiane Silva Pinheiro, Giovanilton Ferreira Silva, Andrea Lopes de Oliveira Ferreira
Immobilization of Saccharomyces cerevisae in cashew apple bagasse for ethanol production
Diego R. Gondim, Alexandre Pacheco, Luciana Rocha Barros Gonçalves
Thorium uptake by microalgal cells: Toxicity and bioaccumulation
Juliana Cristina de Queiroz, Ana Cristina de Melo Ferreira, Antonio Carlos A. da Costa
Optimization of biosurfactant production from glycerol by Pseudomonas aeruginosa EQ 109 using factorial design 23
Francisca Pessôa De França, Flávia P.B. dos Santos, Lea Maria de Almeida Lopes
High-level expression and optimization of 648 Antigen from Leishmania chagasi
Michelle Rossana Vaz Sr., Sirtys Sla, Everaldo SS, Daniella Ram, Gorete RM
Role of cell wall composition on the flocculation of green microalgae
Yu-Shen Cheng, Yi Zheng, Orn-U-Ma Tanadul, John Labavitch, Ann Powell, Jean VanderGheynst
Detoxification of steam exploded biomass by drying
Francesco Zimbardi, Silvana Tedeschi, Egidio Viola, Antonio Villone, Giacobbe Braccio
Characterization of xanthan gum produced starting from sugarcane broth
Sandra Faria, Carmen Lúcia de Oliveira Petkowicz, Miriam Maria de Resende, Sérgio Antônio Lemos Morais, Manuel Gonzalo Hernandez Terrones, Vicelma Luiz Cardoso
Microbial production and characterization of poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) from a Bacillus sp. strain isolated from marine sediments
Juan C. Higuita, Javier M. Naranjo, Jimmy A. Lopez, M. A. Cubitto, M. A. Villar

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