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

   • James D. McMillan

   Report Pages: iii - viii

2. The development of cement and concrete additive

   • Byon-Wa Chun
   • Benita Dair
   • Ara Jeknavorian

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 645 - 658

3. Production of Bacillus sphaericus entomopathogenic biomass using brewery residues

   • Cristiane Darco Cruz Martins
   • Paula Fernandes De Aguiar
   • Eliana Flavia Camposese Sérvulo

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 659 - 667

4. Batch (one- and two-stage) production of biodiesel fuel from rapeseed oil

   • Gwi-Taek Jeong
   • Don-Hee Park

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 668 - 679

5. Optimization of distilled monoglycerides production

   • Leonardo Vasconcelos Fregolente
   • César Benedito Batistella
   • Maria Regina Wolf Maciel

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 680 - 693

6. Production of lactic acid from cheese whey by batch and repeated batch cultures of Lactobacillus sp. RKY2

   • Hyang-Ok Kim
   • Young-Jung Wee
   • Hwa-Won Ryu

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 694 - 704

7. Production of bacterial cellulose by Gluconacetobacter sp. RKY5 isolated from persimmon vinegar

   • Soo-Yeon Kim
   • Jin-Nam Kim
   • Hwa-Won Ryu

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 705 - 715

8. Natural compounds obtained through centrifugal molecular distillation

   • Vanessa Mayumi Ito
   • Patricia Fazzio Martins
   • Maria Regina Wolf Maciel

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 716 - 726

9. Biosurfactants production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa FR using palm oil

   • Fernando J. S. Oliveira
   • Leonardo Vazquez
   • Francisca P. de França

   Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 727 - 737

10. Novel approach of corn fiber utilization

    • G. Kálmán
    • K. Recseg
    • K. Réczey

    Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 738 - 750

11. Stimulation of Nisin production from whey by a mixed culture of Lactococcus lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Chuanbin Liu
    • Bo Hu
    • Shulin Chen

    Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 751 - 761

12. Biochar as a precursor of activated carbon

    • R. Azargohar
    • A. K. Dalai

    Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 762 - 773

13. Moisture sorption, transport, and hydrolytic degradation in polylactide

    • Richard A. Cairncross
    • Jeffrey G. Becker
    • Ryan O'Connor

    Session 4 Industrial Biobased Products Pages: 774 - 785

14. Zymomonas mobilis as catalyst for the biotechnological production of sorbitol and gluconic acid

    • Gilmar Sidney Erzinger
    • Michele Vitolo

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 787 - 794

15. Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient production of pure l−(+)−lactic acid

    • Nobuhiro Ishida
    • Satoshi Saitoh
    • Haruo Takahashi

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 795 - 807

16. A unique feature of hydrogen recovery in endogenous starch-to-alcohol fermentation of the marine microalga, Chlamydomonas perigranulata

    • Koyu Hon-Nami

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 808 - 828

17. Detailed analysis of modifications in lignin after treatment with cultures screened for lignin depolymerizing agents

    • Aarti Gidh
    • Dinesh Talreja
    • Alfred Mikell

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 829 - 843

18. Optimization of l-(+)-lactic acid production using pelletized filamentous Rhizopus oryzae NRRL 395

    • Yan Liu
    • Wei Liao
    • Shulin Chen

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 844 - 853

19. A simple method to generate chromosomal mutations in Lactobacillus plantarum strain TF103 to eliminate undesired fermentation products

    • Siqing Liu

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 854 - 863

20. Production of insoluble exopolysaccharide of Agrobacterium sp. (ATCC 31749 and IFO 13140)

    • Márcia Portilho
    • Graciette Matioli
    • Adilma Regina Pippa Scamparini

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 864 - 869

21. Selective utilization of fructose to glucose by Candida magnoliae, an erythritol producer

    • Ji-Hee Yu
    • Dae-Hee Lee
    • Jin-Ho Seo

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 870 - 879

22. Biosurfactant production by Rhodococcus erythropolis grown on glycerol as sole carbon source

    • Elisa M. P. Ciapina
    • Walber C. Melo
    • Nei Pereira Jr.

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 880 - 886

23. Methane production in a 100-L upflow bioreactor by anaerobic digestion of farm waste

    • Abhijeet P. Borole
    • K. Thomas Klasson
    • Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 887 - 896

24. Biomodification of coal to remove mercury

    • K. Thomas Klasson
    • Abhijeet P. Borole
    • Choo Y. Hamilton

    Session 5 Microbial Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering Pages: 897 - 908