1. Feedstocks

   • Thomas W. Jeffries
   • Y. Y. Lee

   Session 1 Pages: 3 - 4

2. Natural and somatic embryo development in loblolly pine

   • John Cairney
   • Nanfei Xu
   • Barbara Johns

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 17

3. Alkaline and peracetic acid pretreatments of biomass for ethanol production

   • Lincoln C. Teixeira
   • James C. Linden
   • Herbert A. Schroeder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 34

4. Extrusion processing for ammonia fiber explosion (AFEX)

   • Bruce E. Dale
   • Justin Weaver
   • F. Michael Byers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 45

5. Optimization of steam explosion to enhance hemicellulose recovery and enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose in softwoods

   • Michael M. Wu
   • Kevin Chang
   • John N. Saddler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 54

6. Two high-throughput techniques for determining wood properties as part of a molecular genetics analysis of hybrid poplar and loblolly pine

   • Gerald Tuskan
   • Darrell West
   • Ron Dinus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 65

7. Modeling the enzymatic hydrolysis of dilute-acid pretreated Douglas Fir

   • Daniel J. Schell
   • Mark F. Ruth
   • Melvin P. Tucker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 81

8. Environmentally friendly lubricating oil candidate

   • Aykut Özgülsün
   • Filiz Karaosmanoĝlu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 89

9. Comparison of different methods for the detoxification of lignocellulose hydrolyzates of spruce

   • Simona Larsson
   • Anders Reimann
   • Leif J. Jönsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 103

10. Alfalfa fiber as a feedstock for ethanol and organic acids

    • Richard G. Koegel
    • Hassan K. Sreenath
    • Richard J. Straub

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 115

11. Steam explosion of straw in batch and continuous systems

    • Francesco Zimbardi
    • Donato Viggiano
    • Giovanni Cardinale

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 125

12. Oxidation of organosolv lignins in acetic acid

    • Adilson R. Gonçalves
    • Ulf Schuchardt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 132

13. Dilute acid hydrolysis of softwoods

    • Quang A. Nguyen
    • Melvin P. Tucker
    • Fannie P. Eddy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 142

14. Session 2

    • Douglas C. Cameron
    • Min Zhang

    Applied Biological Research Pages: 145 - 145

15. Evaluation of recombinant strains of Zymomonas mobilis for ethanol production from glucose/xylose media

    • Eva Joachimsthal
    • Kevin D. Haggett
    • Peter L. Rogers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 157

16. Site-directed mutagenesis study on the thermal stability of a chemiric PQQ glucose dehydrogenase and its structural interpretation

    • Arief Budi Witarto
    • Takafumi Ohtera
    • Koji Sode

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 168

17. Isolation and analysis of tetraheme-bound-cytochrome from photosynthetic reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis

    • Chikashi Nakamura
    • Miki Hasegawa
    • Jun Miyake

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 179

18. Invertase production is related to the nitrogen source in Hansenula anomala

    • Maria Bernadete de Medeiros
    • Patricia Maria Barroso de Carvalho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 189

19. Fermentation performance characteristics of a prehydrolyzate-adapted xylose-fermenting recombinant Zymomonas in batch and continuous fermentations

    • Hugh G. Lawford
    • Joyce D. Rousseau
    • James D. McMillan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 204

20. Kinetics of xylitol fermentation by Candida guilliermondii grown on rice straw hemicellulosic hydrolysate

    • Inês C. Roberto
    • Ismael M. de Mancilha
    • Sunao Sato

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 210

21. 2-Deoxyglucose as a selective agent for derepressed mutants of Pichia stipitis

    • Hassan K. Sreenath
    • Thomas W. Jeffries

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 222

22. Optimization of biosurfactant lipopeptide production from Bacillus subtilis S499 by Plackett-Burman design

    • Philippe Jacques
    • Choukai Hbid
    • Philippe Thonart

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 233

23. The effect of glucose on high-level xylose fermentations by recombinant Zymomonas in batch and fed-batch fermentations

    • Hugh G. Lawford
    • Joyce D. Rousseau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 249

24. Improving the catabolic functions of desiccation-tolerant soil bacteria

    • F. Weekers
    • Ph. Jacques
    • Ph. Thonart

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 266

25. A high-copy-number plasmid capable of replication in thermophilic cyanobacteria

    • Masato Miyake
    • Hiroshi Nagai
    • Yasuo Asada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 275

26. A hybrid neural model of ethanol production by Zymomonas mobilis

    • Anderson W. Silva da Henriques
    • Aline C. da Costa
    • Enrique L. Lima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 291

27. Enzyme production, growth, and adaptation of T. reesei strains QM9414, L-27, RL-P37, and rut C-30 to conditioned yellow poplar sawdust hydrolysate

    • Tammy Kay Hayward
    • Jenny Hamilton
    • Ali Mohagheghi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 309

28. l-Asparaginase II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Edna M. M. Oliveira
    • Elvira Carvajal
    • Elba P. S. Bon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 316

29. Construction and characterization of fermentative lactate dehydrogenase Escherichia coli mutant and its potential for bacterial hydrogen production

    • Koji Sode
    • Mika Watanabe
    • Masamitsu Tomiyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 323

30. Subunit analyses of a novel thermostable glucose dehydrogenase showing different temperature properties according to its quaternary structure

    • Tomohiko Yamazaki
    • Wakako Tsugawa
    • Koji Sode

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 335

31. Expression of luciferase gene under control of the puf promoter from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    • Lyudmila Vasilyeva
    • Masato Miyake
    • Jun Miyake

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 345

32. Aspects of xylitol formation in sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate by Candida guillie rmondii in the presence of tetracycline

    • Ernesto Acosta Martínez
    • Silvio S. Silva
    • Maria G. A. Felipe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 354