1. Introduction to the proceedings of the eleventh symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals

   • Elias Greenbaum
   • Charles E. Wyman

   OriginalPaper Pages: i - iii

2. Pretreatment-Catalyst effects and the combined severity parameter

   • Helena L. Chum
   • David K. Johnson
   • Ralph P. Overend

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 14

3. Technical and economic analysis of lignin conversion to methyl aryl ethers

   • Paul W. Bergeron
   • Norman D. Hinman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 29

4. Preparation of a lignin-derived pasting oil

   • D. K. Johnson
   • H. L. Chum
   • R. M. Baldwin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 40

5. Pyrolytic conversion of biomass to anhydrosugars

   • Glenn R. Ponder
   • Hang- Xia Qiu
   • Geoffrey N. Richards

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 47

6. Empirical model of slow pyrolysis of hardwood chips

   • Ken R. Purdy
   • Charles E. Martin
   • Mary L. Wyatt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 65

7. Kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials based on surface area of cellulose accessible to enzyme and enzyme adsorption on lignin and cellulose

   • A. O. Converse
   • H. Ooshima
   • D. S. Burns

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 73

8. The characterization of charcoal and high-density carbon pellets produced from Douglas-fir bark

   • M. ASlam Ali
   • Murray L. Laver
   • Robert D. Sproull

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 86

9. Adsorption of cellulases on steam-pretreated willow

   • Mats Galbe
   • Robert Eklund
   • Guido Zacchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 101

10. Effect of transient acid diffusion on pretreatment/hydrolysis of hardwood hemicellulose

    • L. M. Tillman
    • Y. Y. Lee
    • R. Torget

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 113

11. Dilute acid pretreatment of short rotation woody and herbaceous crops

    • R. Torget
    • P. Werdene
    • K. Grohmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 126

12. Effect of acid steam explosion on enzymatic hydrolysis ofO. nervosum andC. cardunculus

    • J. Martinez
    • M. J. Negro
    • C. Martin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 134

13. Economic potential of recombinant aerobes for producing specialty chemicals

    • Robert M. Busche
    • James E. Bailey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 150

14. Characterization of cryptic plasmids from marine cyanobacteria and construction of a hybrid plasmid potentially capable of transformation of marine cyanobacterium,Synechococcus sp., and its transformation

    • Tadashi Matsunaga
    • Harciko Takeyama
    • Noriyuki Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 160

15. Production of fumaric acid with immobilized biocatalysts

    • Helena Kautola
    • Yui-Yen Linko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 170

16. Conversion of mannose to fructose by immobilized mannose isomerase fromPseudomonas cepacia

    • P. Allenza
    • M. J. Morrell
    • R. W. Detroy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 182

17. γ-linolenic acid production by microalgae

    • Morio Hirano
    • Hirofumi Mori
    • Tadashi Matsunaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191

18. Xylulokinase activity in various yeasts includingSaccharomyces cerevisiae containing the cloned xylulokinase gene

    • Xue Xing Deng
    • Nancy W. Y. Ho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 199

19. Esterification with solid enzymes

    • Jean Louis Boyer
    • Bernard Gilot
    • Roland Guiraud

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 212

20. Extracellular peroxidases as indicators of growth in plant cell suspension cultures

    • Kalidas Shetty
    • Dinesh Bothra
    • Roger A. Korus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 221

21. Cellulase production byAcidothermus cellulolyticus

    • M. Shiang
    • J. C. Linden
    • M. E. Himmel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 235

22. Development of a systems analysis approach for resolving the structure of biodegrading soil systems

    • Philip M. Digrazia
    • James W. Blackburn
    • Gary S. Sayler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 252

23. Acetobacter cellulose pellicle as a temporary skin substitute

    • J. D. Fontana
    • A. M. De Souza
    • L. F. X. Farah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 264

24. A simultaneous sucrose bioconversion into ethanol and levan byZymomonas mobilis

    • M. J. Beker
    • J. E. Shvinka
    • I. N. Mezhbarde

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 274

25. Evaluation of pretreated herbaceous crops for the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process

    • Diana Spindler
    • Charles Wyman
    • Karel Grohmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 286

26. Whole broth cellulase production for use in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

    • Danial J. Schell
    • Norman D. Hinman
    • Pamela J. Werdene

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 297

27. Semibatch production of fructo-oligosaccharides from sucrose by immobilized cells ofAureobasidium pullulans

    • Jong Won Yun
    • Kyung Hoon Jung
    • Jae Heung Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 308

28. Effects of nutrients and temperature on lipid and fatty acid production in the diatomHantzshia DI-60

    • Shobha Sriharan
    • Davinderjit bagga
    • T. P. Sriharan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 316

29. Methane production from synthesis gas using a mixed culture ofR. rubrum M. barkeri, and M. formicicum

    • K. T. Klasson
    • J. P. Cowger
    • J. L. Gaddy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 328

30. Sulfur gas tolerance and toxicity of co-utilizing and methanogenic bacteria

    • J. L. Vega
    • K. T. Klasson
    • J. L. Gaddy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 340

31. The viscous mucilage from the weedPortulaca oleracea, L

    • Guido E. Wenzel
    • J. D. Fontana
    • Joao B. C. Correa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 353

32. Production of methyl ester fuel from microalgae

    • Nick Nagle
    • Pete Lemke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 361

33. Novel applications of fluorescence sensors

    • Kenneth F. Reardon
    • Thomas scheper
    • A. Fritz Bückmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 374

34. Enzymatic synthesis of neopentylpolyol esters in organic media

    • Frédéric Monot
    • Yves Benoit
    • Jean-Paul Vandecasteele

    OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 386

35. A study of biodegradation of polyethylene and biodesulfurization of rubber

    • D. Raghavan
    • R. Guay
    • A. E. Torma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 396

36. Monoclonal antibody purification ofTrichoderma reesei EG I

    • Rafael A. Nieves
    • Robert P. Ellis
    • Michael E. Himmel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 406

37. Comparison of three commercial cellulases for production of glucose from acid-treated hardwood

    • Mary J. Beck
    • Robert D. Johnson
    • Chiquita S. Baker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 414

38. Ethanol production from glucose/xylose mixes by incorporating microbes in selected fermentation schemes

    • Mary Jim Beck
    • Robert D. Johnson
    • Chiquita S. Baker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 424

39. Regeneration of NADH and ketone hydrogenation by hydrogen with the combination of hydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase

    • Ichiro Okura
    • Keiichi Otsuka
    • Fumihiko Hasumi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 430

40. Simultaneous fermentation and isomerization of xylose to ethanol at high xylose concentration

    • S. M. Lastick
    • A. Mohagheghi
    • K. Grohmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 439

41. Reduction of nitric oxide to elemental nitrogen byThiobacillus Denitrificans

    • Kuoh H. Lee
    • Kerry L. Sublette

    OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 445

42. Utilization of microbially solubilized coal

    • B. H. Davison
    • D. M. Nicklaus
    • B. D. Faison

    OriginalPaper Pages: 447 - 456

43. A membrane-based method for removal of toxic ammonia from mammalian-cell culture

    • Daniel J. Brose
    • Paul Van Eikeren

    OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 468

44. Increased oxygen transfer in a yeast fermentation using a microbubble dispersion

    • Jeffrey A. Kaster
    • Donald L. Michelsen
    • William H. Velander

    OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 484

45. Gas holdup in three-phase immobilized-cell bioreactors

    • Rakesh Bajpai
    • James E. Thompson
    • Brian H. Davison

    OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 496

46. Photobioreactor culture of photosynthetic soybean cells

    • W. J. Treat
    • J. Castillon
    • E. J. Soltes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 497 - 510

47. A multipotential hydrolytic reactor using the yeast strainKluyveromyces marxianus

    • R. Rikir
    • D. Roblain
    • PH. Thonart

    OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 519

48. Liquid phase dehydration of ethanol solutions in a fixed bed of molecular sieves

    • Wah Koon Teo
    • Hwei Chen Ti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 521 - 532

49. Anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste in a nonmixed solids concentrating digestor

    • T. H. Chen
    • P. Chynoweth
    • R. BIljetina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 544

50. Influence of feedstock source on biocatalyst stability and behavior, and on reactor performance, in continuous intensified ethanol fermentation

    • H. F. de Castro
    • J. D. Bu’Lock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 545 - 552