1. Introduction to the Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

   • James D. McMillan

   Report Pages: iii - viii

2. Introduction to session 1A

   • Peter C. Flynn

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 1 - 2

3. Agricultural residue availability in the United States

   • Zia Haq
   • James L. Easterly

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 3 - 21

4. Canadian biomass reserves for biorefining

   • Warren E. Mabee
   • Evan D. G. Fraser
   • John N. Saddler

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 22 - 40

5. Availability of crop residues as sustainable feedstock for bioethanol production in North Carolina

   • Abolghasem Shahbazi
   • Yebo Li

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 41 - 54

6. Updates on softwood-to-ethanol process development

   • Warren E. Mabee
   • David J. Gregg
   • John N. Saddler

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 55 - 70

7. Development of a multicriteria assessment model for ranking biomass feedstock collection and transportation systems

   • Amit Kumar
   • Shahab Sokhansanj
   • Peter C. Flynn

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 71 - 87

8. Rail vs truck transport of biomass

   • Hamed Mahmudi
   • Peter C. Flynn

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 88 - 103

9. Corn stover fractions and bioenergy

   • Danny E. Akin
   • W. Herbert Morrison III
   • Kevin B. Hicks

   Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 104 - 116

10. Separate and simultaneous enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of wheat hemicellulose with recombinant xylose utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • L. Olsson
    • H. R. Soerensen
    • A. S. Meyer

    Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 117 - 129

11. Biofiltration methods for the removal of phenolic residues

    • Luiz Carlos Martins Das Neves
    • Tábata Taemi Miazaki Ohara Miyamura
    • Attilio Converti

    Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 130 - 152

12. The BTL2 process of biomass utilization entrained-flow gasification of pyrolyzed biomass slurries

    • Klaus Raffelt
    • Edmund Henrich
    • Friedhelm Weirich

    Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 153 - 164

13. Emission profile of rapeseed methyl ester and its blend in a diesel engine

    • Gwi-Taek Jeong
    • Young-Taig Oh
    • Don-Hee Park

    Session 1A Feedstock Supply and Logistics Pages: 165 - 178

14. Introduction to session 1B

    • Joel R. Cherry
    • Kevin Gray

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 179 - 179

15. Properties and performance of glucoamylases for fuel ethanol production

    • Bradley A. Saville
    • Chunbei Huang
    • Andrew Desbarats

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 180 - 194

16. Heterologous expression of Trametes versicolor laccase in Pichia pastoris and Aspergillus niger

    • Christina Bohlin
    • Leif J. Jönsson
    • Willem H. van Zyl

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 195 - 214

17. Lactose hydrolysis and formation of galactooligosaccharides by a novel immobilized β-galactosidase from the thermophilic fungus Talaromyces thermophilus

    • Phimchanok Nakkharat
    • Dietmar Haltrich

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 215 - 225

18. Evaluation of cell recycle on Thermomyces lanuginosus xylanase a production by Pichia pastoris GS 115

    • Verônica Ferreira
    • Patricia C. Nolasco
    • Nei Pereira Jr.

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 226 - 233

19. Evaluation of solid and submerged fermentations for the production of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase by Paenibacillus campinasensis H69-3 and characterization of crude enzyme

    • Heloiza Ferreira Alves-Prado
    • Eleni Gomes
    • Roberto Da Silva

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 234 - 246

20. Effect of β-cyclodextrin in artificial chaperones assisted foam fractionation of cellulase

    • Vorakan Burapatana
    • Aleš Prokop
    • Robert D. Tanner

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 247 - 255

21. RSM analysis of the effects of the oxygen transfer coefficient and inoculum size on the xylitol production by Candida guilliermondii

    • Mariana Peñuela Vásquez
    • Maurício Bezerra
    • Nei Pereira Jr.

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 256 - 264

22. Enzymatic synthesis of sorbitan methacrylate according to acyl donors

    • Gwi-Taek Jeong
    • Hye-Jin Lee
    • Don-Hee Park

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 265 - 277

23. Effect of inhibitors released during steam-explosion pretreatment of barley straw on enzymatic hydrolysis

    • Ma Prado García-Aparicio
    • Ignacio Ballesteros
    • Ma José Negro

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 278 - 288

24. Purification and characterization of two xylanases from alkalophilic and thermophilic Bacillus licheniformis 77-2

    • Valquiria B. Damiano
    • Richard Ward
    • Roberto Da Silva

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 289 - 302

25. Oxidation capacity of laccases and peroxidases as reflected in experiments with methoxy-substituted benzyl alcohols

    • Feng Hong
    • Leif J. Jönsson
    • Yijun Wei

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 303 - 319

26. Obtainment of chelating agents through the enzymatic oxidation of lignins by phenol oxidase

    • Gabriela M. M. Calabria
    • Adilson R. Gonçalves

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 320 - 325

27. Reuse of the xylanase enzyme in the biobleaching process of the sugarcane bagasse acetosolv pulp

    • Luís R. M. Oliveira
    • Regina Y. Moriya
    • Adilson R. Gonçalves

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 326 - 333

28. Detection of nisin expression by Lactococcus lactis using two susceptible bacteria to associate the effects of nisin with EDTA

    • Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna
    • Angela Faustino Jozala
    • Olivia Cholewa

    Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering Pages: 334 - 346