Lignocellulose Conversion

Chapter 1. Introduction: potential of cellulosic ethanol Yoichi Honda Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Chapter 2. Lignocellulosic raw materials Yitzhak Hadar, Dep. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Chapter 3. The pretreatment step in lignocellulosic biomass conversion: current systems and new biological systems Carlo Ricardo Soccol Department of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraná, Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos Avenue, 210, Zip Code 81531-990 Curitiba, Brazil
Chapter 4. The saccharification step: Thrichoderma reesei cellulase hyperproducer strains Venkatesh Balan Biomass Conversion Research Laboratory (BCRL), Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, University Corporate Research Complex, 3900 Collins Road, Lansing, MI 48910, USA.
Chapter 5. The saccharification step: the main enzymatic components Jean-Guy BERRIN and Bernard HENRISSAT, INRA BCF Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, UMR 1163 ESIL Faculté des Sciences de Luminy 13009 Marseille France
Chapter 6. The alcohol fermentation step: the most common ethanologenic (Yeasts and Bacteria) microrganisms Binod Parameswaran Biotechnology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Chapter 7. Extremophilic (hemi)cellulolytic microorganisms and enzymesMarco Moracci Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Chapter 8. Other ethanologenic microrganisms Eulogio Castro Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Jaen, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Chapter 9. I and II Category Consolidated bioprocessing Vincenza Faraco Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples "Federico II" Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo Via Cintia, 4 IT-80126 Napoli
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