Twenty-Sixth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

Activated Sludge Under Various Oxidation-Reduction Potentials (ORP) by Using Acetate and Propionate as Carbon Sources.- Enzyme Pretreatment of Grass Lignocellulose for Potential High-Value Co-products and an Improved Fermentable Substrate.- High-Yield Bacillus subtilis Protease Production by Solid-State Fermentation.- Profile of Enzyme Production by Trichoderma reesei Grown on Corn Fiber Fractions.- Partial Purification and Characterization of Protease Enzyme from Bacillus subtilis megatherium.- Effect of Media Composition and Growth Conditions on Production of ?-Glucosidase by Aspergillus niger C-6.- A Sequential Enzymatic Microreactor System for Ethanol Detection of Gasohol Mixtures.- Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering.- Session 2 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering.- Bioabatement to Remove Inhibitors from Biomass-Derived Sugar Hydrolysates.- Cloning, Expression, Purification, and Analysis of Mannitol Dehydrogenase Gene mtlK from Lactobacillus brevis.- Continuous Hydrogen Photoproduction by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.- Effects of Aliphatic Acids, Furfural and Phenolic Compounds on Debaryomyces hansenii CCMI 941.- Evaluation of Inoculum of Candida guilliermondii Grown in Presence of Glucose on Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase Activities and Xylitol Production During Batch Fermentation of Sugarcane Bagasse Hydrolysate.- Effect of Surface Attachment on Synthesis of Bacterial Cellulose.- Enhanced Biotransformation of Furfural and Hydroxymethylfurfural by Newly Developed Ethanologenic Yeast Strains.- Bioprocessing - Including Separations.- Session 3 Bioprocessing - Including Separations.- Surfactin Production from Potato Process Effluent by Bacillus subtilis in a Chemostat.- Effects of Nutrient Supplements on Simultaneous Fermentation of Nisin and Lactic Acid from Cull Potatoes.- Effect of Reduction in Yeast and Enzyme Concentrations in a Simultaneous-Saccharification-and-Fermentation-Based Bioethanol Process.- Stability of Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein (GFPuv) in Glucose Solutions at Different Concentrations and pH Values.- Lactic Acid Production from Cheese Whey by Immobilized Bacteria.- Enhancing Cellulase Foam Fractionation with Addition of Surfactant.- Optimization of Alkaline Transesterification of Soybean Oil and Castor Oil for Biodiesel Production.- Cellulase Production by Trichoderma reesei Using Sawdust Hydrolysate.- Effects of Fatty Acids on Growth and Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate Production in Bacteria.- Performance of an Internal-Loop Airlift Bioreactor for Treatment of Hexane-Contaminated Air.- Increase in Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons During Bioremediation of Crude Oil-Contaminated Sandy Soil.- Recovery of Organic Acids from Fermentation Broths.- Production of Nisin by Lactococcus lactis in Media with Skimmed Milk.- Enhancing Design of Immobilized Enzymatic Microbioreactors Using Computational Simulation.- Estimation of Bioreactor Efficiency Through Structured Hydrodynamic Modeling Case Study of a Pichia pastoris Fed-Batch Process.- Sugarcane Bagasse as Raw Material and Immobilization Support for Xylitol Production.- Removing Proteins from an Aerated Yeast Fermentation by Pulsing Carbon Dioxide.- Ceriporiopsis subvermispota Used in Delignification of Sugarcane Bagasse Prior to Soda/Anthraquinone Pulping.- The Two-Phase Water/Silicon Oil Bioreactor Prospects in Off-Gas Treatment.- Leaf Protein from Ammonia-Treated Dwarf Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum cv. Mott).- Microbial Synthesis and Characterization of Physiochemical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) Produced by Bacteria Isolated from Activated Sludge Obtained from the Municipal Wastewater Works in Hong Kong.- Optimization of Acid Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse and Investigations on its Fermentability for the Production of Xylitol by Candida guilliermondii.- Production of Hyaluronic Acid by Streptococcus.- More than Technology-Finance and Policy to Create the Blorefinery.- Assessing the Emerging Biorefinery Sector in Canada.- Biobased Industrial Chemicals.- Session 5 Biobased Industrial Chemicals.- A Glycoside Flavonoid in Kudzu (Pueraria lobata).- Characterization of Low Molecular Weight Organic Acids from Beech Wood Treated in Supercritical Water.- Current Status of Biodiesel Development in Brazil.- Integrated Processes for Use of Pulps and Lignins Obtained from Sugarcane Bagasse and Straw.- Simultaneous Biocatalyst Production and Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation for Bioconversion of Cyclohexanone by Recombinant Escherichia coli Expressing Cyclohexanone Monooxygenase.- Biotransformation of (?)?-Pinene by Aspergillus niger ATCC 9642.- Characterization of Sol-Gel Bioencapsulates for Ester Hydrolysis and Synthesis.- Culture Medium Optimization for Acetic Acid Production by a Persimmon Vinegar-Derived Bacterium.- The Lignol Approach to Biorefining of Woody Biomass to Produce Ethanol and Chemicals.- Biomass Pretreatmen and Hydrolysis.- Session A6 Biomass Pretreatment and Hydrolysis.- Application of Fenton's Reaction to Steam Explosion Prehydrolysates from Poplar Biomass.- Enzyme Recovery and Recycling Following Hydrolysis of Ammonia Fiber Explosion-Treated Corn Stover.- Ammonium Hydroxide Detoxification of Spruce Acid Hydrolysates.- Detoxification of Actual Pretreated Corn Stover Hydrolysate Using Activated Carbon Powder.- Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations for Design of a Pretreatment Screw Conveyor Reactor.- Enzymatic Saccharification and Fermentation of Xylose-Optimized Dilute Acid-Treated Lignocellulosics.- Fermentability of Water-Soluble Portion to Ethanol Obtained by Supercritical Water Treatment of Lignocellulosics.- Application of Sequential Aqueous Steam Treatments to the Fractionation of Softwood.- Acidic Sugar Degradation Pathways.- Studies into Using Manure in a Biorefinery Concept.- Effects of Hemicellulose and Lignin on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose from Dairy Manure.- Critical Conditions for Improved Fermentability During Overliming of Acid Hydrolysates from Spruce.- Optimization of Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Corn Stover Using a High-Solids Percolation Reactor.- Optimization of Steam Pretreatment of SO2-Impregnated Corn Stover for Fuel Ethanol Production.- Strategies to Enhance the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Softwood with High Residual Lignin Content.- Understanding Factors that Limit Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Biomass.- Steam Pretreatment of Salix with and without SO2 Impregnation for Production of Bioethanol.- Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia.- Pretreatment of Switchgrass by Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX).- Plant Biotechnology and Feedstock Genomics.- Session 6B Plant Biotechnology and Feedstock Genomics.- Production of Antioxidant Compounds by Culture of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer Hairy Roots.