Overview
- Enriches understanding of the recent developments in microbial biotechnology
- Outlines both laboratory approaches and large scale applications
- Explains how exploiting biomass can replace fossil raw materials
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Microbiology Monographs (MICROMONO, volume 26)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book describes how plant biomass can be used as renewable feedstock for producing and further processing various products. Particular attention is given to microbial processes both for the digestion of biomass and the synthesis of platform chemicals, biofuels and secondary products.
Topics covered include: new metabolic pathways of microbes living on green plants and in silage; using lignocellulosic hydrolysates for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates; fungi such as Penicillium as host for the production of heterologous proteins and enzymes; bioconversion of sugar hydrolysates into lipids; production of succinic acid, lactones, lactic acid and organic lactates using different bacteria species; cellulose hydrolyzing bacteria in the production of biogas from plant biomass; and isoprenoid compounds in engineered microbes.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microorganisms in Biorefineries
Editors: Birgit Kamm
Series Title: Microbiology Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45209-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-45208-0Published: 08 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52441-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-45209-7Published: 27 November 2014
Series ISSN: 1862-5576
Series E-ISSN: 1862-5584
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 369
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Renewable and Green Energy, Applied Microbiology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma