1. Introduction to the Proceedings of the Twelfth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

   • Elias Greenbaum
   • Charles E. Wyman

   Announcement Pages: iii - iv

2. Introduction to Session 1

   • A. O. Converse
   • R. J. Evans

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 3

3. Development of a differential volume reactor system for soil biodegradation studies

   • Oren F. Webb
   • Tommy J. Phelps
   • Gary S. Sayler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 19

4. The effect of carbonization heating rate on charcoal and active carbon yields

   • Charles E. Martin
   • Ken R. Purdy
   • Timothy D. Garr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 32

5. Avoiding digester imbalance through real-time expert system control of dilution rate

   • P. Pullammanappallil
   • J. Harmon
   • S. A. Svoronos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 42

6. Solvolysis of a single lignocellulose wafer by anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (HF) vapor

   • Gregory L. Rorrer
   • Martin C. Hawley
   • Derek Lamport

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 58

7. The ammonia freeze explosion (AFEX) process

   • Mark T. Holtzapple
   • Jae-Hoon Jun
   • Bruce E. Dale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 74

8. Dilute-Acid Pretreatment of Corn Residues and Short-Rotation Woody Crops

   • R. Torget
   • P. Walter
   • K. Grohmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 86

9. A technical and economic analysis of acid-catalyzed steam explosion and dilute sulfuric acid pretreatments using wheat straw or aspen wood chips

   • D. J. Schell
   • R. Torget
   • N. D. Hinman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 97

10. Effect of pretreatment on simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of hardwood into Acetone/Butanol

    • M. M. Shah
    • S. K. Song
    • Robert Torget

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 109

11. Thermal degradation of cereal straws in air and nitrogen

    • A. E. Ghaly
    • A. Ergudenler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 126

12. Introduction to session 2

    • N. W. Y. Ho
    • K. Grohmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 129

13. Ethanolic fermentation of pentoses in lignocellulose hydrolysates

    • Bärbel Hahn-HäGerdal
    • Torbjörn Lindén
    • Kerstin Skoog

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 144

14. A Kinetic Model of the Synergism of Endo- and Exoglucanase and β-Glucosidase on Hydrolysis of Cellulose

    • Michihiro Fujii
    • Taira Homma
    • Masayuki Taniguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 156

15. Glutamate production from CO₂ by Marine CyanobacteriumSynechococcus sp.

    • Tadashi Matsunaga
    • Haruko Takeyama
    • Noriyuki Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 167

16. Oils from Wild, Micropropagated Plants, Calli, and Suspended Cells ofEuphorbia characias L.

    • M. Fernandes-Ferreira
    • M. Salomé S. Pais
    • J. M. Novais

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 181

17. Kinetic Investigation and Mathematical Modeling of Methanogenesis of Glucose

    • S. V. Kalyuzhnyy
    • V. P. Gachok
    • S. D. Varfolomeyev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 195

18. Induction of mutation intrichoderma viride for conversion of natural cellulose into glucose

    • M. K. Tahoun
    • A. I. Khalil
    • A. H. Khairy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 202

19. Induction of mutation inaspergillus niger for conversion of cellulose into glucose

    • S. Helmi
    • A. I. Khalil
    • A. H. Khairy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 210

20. Immobilization of enzyme to platinum electrode and its use as enzyme electrode

    • Mitsuyasu Kawakami
    • Hidekazu Koya
    • Shinichiro Gondo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 219

21. Ethanol production by recombinantescherichia coli carrying genes from zymomonas mobilis

    • Hugh G. Lawford
    • Joyce D. Rousseau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 236

22. Degradation of organic sulfur compounds by a coal-solubilizing Fungus

    • B. D. Faison
    • T. M. Clark
    • C. A. Woodward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 251

23. Physiological aspects of the regulation of extracellular enzymes ofphanerochaete chrysosporiwn

    • Carlos G. dosoretz
    • Hans E. grethlein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 265

24. growth kinetics ofbacillus stearothermophilus BR219

    • R. M. Worden
    • R. Subramanian
    • C. L. Aronson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 275

25. Hydrolysis of cellobiose by immobilized β-glucosidase entrapped in maintenance-free gel spheres

    • Jonathan Woodward
    • K. Michele Clarke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 283

26. Degradation of furfural (2- furaldehyde) to methane and carbon dioxide by an anaerobic consortium

    • Christopher j. Rivard
    • karel Grohmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 295

27. Toxic effects of selected industrial solvents in batch and continuous anaerobic reactors

    • L. J. Schwartz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 305

28. Selection of thermotolerant yeasts for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of cellulose to ethanol

    • I. Ballesteros
    • M. Ballesteros
    • R. Saez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 315

29. The effects of nutrients and temperature on biomass, growth, lipid production, and fatty acid composition ofCyclotella cryptica Reimann, Lewin, and Guillard

    • Shobha Sriharan
    • Davinderjit Bagga
    • Mohamad Nawaz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 326

30. Isolation of xylose reductase gene ofPichia stipitis and its expression inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Shinya Takuma
    • Noriyuki Nakashima
    • Toshiomi Yoshida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 340

31. Nature of plant stimulators in the production ofAcetobacter xylinum (“tea fungus”) biofilm used in skin therapy

    • Jose D. Fontana
    • Valeria C. Franco
    • Angelita M. De Souza

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 351

32. Seed gum ofStryphnodendron barbatiman (barbatimão)

    • Fany Reicher
    • Sirlei C. S. Leitner
    • Joao B. C. Correa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 361

33. Cellulase production from spent sulfite liquor and paper-mill waste fiber

    • Qu Yinbo
    • Zhao Xin
    • Wang Zunong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 368

34. Genetic transformation of xylose-fermenting yeastPichia stipitis

    • Nancy W. Y. Ho
    • David Petros
    • X. X. Deng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 375

35. Preparative purification ofTrichoderma reesei native and “core” cellobiohydrolase I by electrophoresis and chromatofocusing

    • David A. Offord
    • Norman E. Lee
    • Jonathan Woodward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 386

36. Use of cyanobacterial diazotrophic technology in rice agriculture

    • D. N. Tiwari
    • Ashok Kumar
    • A. K. Mishra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 396

37. Biochemical oxidation of d—sorbitol to l—sorbose by immobilizedgluconobacter oxydans cells

    • A. Trifonov
    • S. Stefanova
    • I. Tepavicharova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 405

38. Introduction to Session 3

    • S. Lien
    • G. W. Strandberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 409

39. Synthesis and properties of lignin peroxidase fromstreptomyces viridosporus T7A

    • S. J. Lodha
    • R. A. Korus
    • D. L. Crawford

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 420

40. A novel process for anaerobic composting of municipal solid waste

    • D. P. Chynoweth
    • G. Bosch
    • Kexin Liu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 432

41. Immunologic relatedness of extracellular ligninases from the actinomycetesstreptomyces viridosporus t7a andstreptomyces badius 252

    • Timothy S. Magnuson
    • Mark A. Roberts
    • Greg Hertel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 443

42. Bioconversion of a L-carnitin precursor in a one- or two-phase system

    • G. Bare
    • PH. Jacques
    • PH. Thonart

    OriginalPaper Pages: 445 - 456

43. Performance of trickle-bed bioreactors for converting synthesis gas to methane

    • D. E. Kimmel
    • K. T. Klasson
    • J. L. Gaddy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 469

44. Metabolic modeling of fumaric acid production byrhizopus arrhizus

    • Irene C. Gangl
    • William A. Weigand
    • Frederick A. Keller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 486

45. Growth of aerobic bacteria on alkali- solubilized lignite

    • James K. Polman
    • Cynthia R. Breckenridge
    • David R. Quigley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 494

46. Introduction to session 4

    • H. R. Bungay
    • J. S. Watson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 497 - 497

47. A critical review and evaluation of bioproduction of organic chemicals

    • Stephen A. Leeper
    • Graham F. Andrews

    OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 511

48. Biological production of acetaldehyde from ethanol using non-growingPichia pastoris whole cells

    • Heien-Kun Chiang
    • Gary L. Foutch
    • Wayne W. Fish

    OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 525

49. Enzymatic hydrolysis of starch in a fixed-bed pulsed-flow reactor

    • A. Sanromán
    • R. Chamy
    • J. M. Lema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 527 - 538

50. The design of a membrane-based integrated ethanol production process

    • W. J. Groot
    • R. G. J. M. Van Der Lans
    • K. Ch. A. M. Luyben

    OriginalPaper Pages: 539 - 547