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- Updates readers on biotechnological production of xylitol
- Useful for researchers and chemical engineering
- Contains figures and tables created by the authors to illustrate the knowledge presented
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About this book
This book explores recent advances in the microbial production of xylitol and its applications in food and medical sector. Xylitol is an important biomolecule from lignocellulose biorefinery which is produced from the xylose by chemical reactions or microbial fermentation methods. Currently, the demand of xylitol at commercial scale is being met through chemical methods. However, recent breakthroughs made in plant cell wall destruction, genetic engineering to develop the designer microorganisms, fermentation methods and media formulations and downstream processing have led the ways for sustainable production of xylitol at commercial scale in lignocellulose biorefineries. Microbial production of xylitol is preferred over the chemical processes as it is environmentally friendly, higher process efficiency with the desired product yield, and product recovery with minimum impurities. This book is a unique compilation of 11 book chapters written by experts in their respective fields. These chapters present critical insights and discuss the current progress and future progress in this area into fermentative xylitol production.
Chapter 9 is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. For further details see license information in the chapter.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Anuj K. Chandel has 22 years research experience in industrial biotechnology working with Dalas Biotech Ltd, Bhiwadi India, University of Delhi, Celestial Biolabs Ltd, Hyderabad, India and Sugarcane Technology Centre-Piracicaba, Brazil. Dr. Chandel has also awarded MBA in agri-business having specialization in Biorefinery commercialization. Anuj has worked as a post doctorate fellow at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, EEL-University of São Paulo, Brazil and University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA for 6 years. Anuj has worked at EEL-University of São Paulo-Lorena as a visiting professor for 3 years. Currently, he is working as a professor at USP-Lorena. He is an editor of 12 books on D-xylitol, lignocellulose degradation and Brazilian Biofuels Development, Biogas production, amongst others. Dr. Chandel has published 98 articles inpeer-reviewed journals, 44 book chapters and recorded one Brazilian Patent. His contributions span industrial biotechnology, the circular carbon economy and policy domains. Dr. Chandel is an active consultant to some Biotech companies and startups in biomass conversion and biorefinery and industrial enzymes production.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Current Advances in Biotechnological Production of Xylitol
Book Subtitle: Fermentative Production of Xylitol
Editors: Maria das Graças de Almeida Felipe, Anuj Kumar Chandel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04942-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04941-5Published: 19 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04944-6Published: 20 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04942-2Published: 18 August 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 251
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Agriculture, Genetics and Genomics, Chemistry/Food Science, general