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

   • Charles E. Wyman
   • Jonathan Woodward
   • Barbara J. Goodman

   OriginalPaper Pages: iii - v

2. Introduction to Session 1

   • Michael R. Ladisch
   • Graham F. Andrews

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 3 - 4

3. Two-temperature dilute-acid prehydrolysis of hardwood xylan using a percolation process

   • Robert Torget
   • Hsu Teh-An

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 5 - 22

4. Effects of dilute acid and steam explosion pretreatments on the cellulose structure and kinetics of cellulosic fraction hydrolysis by dilute acids in lignocellulosic materials

   • J. E. Carrasco
   • Ma C. Sáiz
   • J. M. Martinez

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 23 - 34

5. Determination of reaction kinetics of barley straw using thermogravimetric analysis

   • A. E. Ghaly
   • A. Ergüdenler

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 35 - 50

6. Critical reactions in ripening of cheeses

   • Joong K. Kim
   • Maciej Starzak
   • Rakesh K. Bajpai

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 51 - 68

7. An improved prototype apparatus and process for separating cellulosic materials from municipal solid waste

   • Michael H. Eley

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 69 - 79

8. Microbial liquefaction of lignite pretreated with dilute acid at elevated temperature and pressure

   • A. Rao
   • A. Maxey
   • H. K. Hückabay

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 81 - 91

9. Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine operating on safflower seed oil methyl ester

   • A. IŞigigür
   • F. Karaosmanoglu
   • ö. L. Gülder

   Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 93 - 102

10. Methyl ester from safflower seed oil of Turkish origin as a biofuel for diesel engines

    • A. IŞi Gigür
    • F. Karaosmanoglu
    • H. A. Aksoy

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 103 - 112

11. Modified percolation process in dilute-acid hydrolysis of biphasic hemicellulose

    • B. J. Kim
    • Y. Y. Lee
    • Robert Torget

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 113 - 129

12. Recovery of lactic acid by sorption

    • Roque L. Evangelista
    • Amy J. Mangold
    • Zivko L. Nikolov

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 131 - 144

13. Synthesis gas as substrate for the biological production of fuels and chemicals

    • John R. Phillips
    • Edgar C. Clausen
    • James L. Gaddy

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 145 - 157

14. Milling of lignocellulosic biomass

    • Daniel J. Schell
    • Chuck Harwood

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 159 - 168

15. Wheat as a feedstock for fuel ethanol

    • Krystyna Sosulski
    • Frank Sosulski

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 169 - 180

16. Effect of pretreatment of molasses and posttreatment of fermented broth in industrial production of ethanol

    • Shashank Inamdar

    Session 1 Thermal, Chemical, and Biological Processing Pages: 181 - 187

17. Introduction to Session 2

    • John N. Saddler
    • Shih-Perng Tsai

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 191 - 192

18. Enzyme recycling during fed-batch hydrolysis of cellulose derived from steam-explodedEucalyptus viminalis

    • Lüiz P. Ramos
    • John N. Saddler

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 193 - 207

19. Organism development and characterization for ethanol production using thermophilic bacteria

    • Taryn R. Klapatch
    • David A. L. Hogsett
    • Lee R. Lynd

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 209 - 223

20. Stimulatory effect of red light on starch accumulation in a marine green alga,chlamydomonas sp. strain MGA161

    • Kiyohito Yagi
    • Kenji Hamada
    • Hiroshi K. Nakamura

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 225 - 232

21. Cell separations using targeted monoclonal antibodies against overproduced surface proteins

    • Kalyan R. Tadikonda
    • Robert H. Davis

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 233 - 244

22. A new thermostable endoglucanase,Acidothermus cellulolyticus E1

    • John O. Baker
    • William S. Adney
    • Michael E. Himmel

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 245 - 256

23. Microbial inulinase secretion using chemically modified inulins

    • José D. Fontana
    • Madalena Baron
    • Valeria C. Franco

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 257 - 268

24. PCR protocol- and inulin catabolism-based differentiation of inulinolytic soil bacteria

    • José D. Fontana
    • Spartaco Astolfi Fo
    • Madalena Baron

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 269 - 282

25. Effect of media supplementation on ethanol production by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process

    • I. Ballesteros
    • J. M. Oliva
    • M. Ballesteros

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 283 - 294

26. Screening of acetogenin-producing plants in Brazilian flora

    • José D. Fontana
    • Eduardo R. A. Almeida
    • Fernando M. LanÇas

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 295 - 313

27. Production of ethanol from enzymatically hydrolyzed orange peel by the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    • Karel Grohmann
    • Elizabeth A. Baldwin
    • Béla S. Buslig

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 315 - 327

28. Microbial conversion of high-rank coals to methane

    • Ellen R. Johnson
    • K. Thomas Klasson
    • James L. Gaddy

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 329 - 338

29. Phanerochaete mutants with enhanced ligninolytic activity

    • Satya N. Kakar
    • Aleida Perez
    • Jose Gonzales

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 339 - 347

30. Effect of oxygen on ethanol production by a recombinant ethanologenicE. coli

    • Hugh G. Lawford
    • Joyce D. Rousseau

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 349 - 366

31. Relative rates of sugar utilization by an ethanologenic recombinantEscherichia coli using mixtures of glucose, mannose, and xylose

    • Hugh G. Lawford
    • Joyce D. Rousseau

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 367 - 381

32. Purification and characterization of an acetyl esterase fromAspergillus niger

    • James Linden
    • Meropi Samara
    • Michael Himmel

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 383 - 393

33. Production of poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates from CO and H₂ by a novel photosynthetic bacterium

    • Pin-Ching Maness
    • Paul F. Weaver

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 395 - 406

34. Evaluation of the enzymatic susceptibility of cellulosic substrates using specific hydrolysis rates and enzyme adsorption

    • Dora Lee
    • Alex H. C. Yu
    • John N. Saddler

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 407 - 415

35. Autotrophic growth ofDesulfotomaculum orientis with reduction of sulfur dioxide

    • Cheng-Ming Lee
    • Kerry L. Sublette

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 417 - 428

36. Removal of inhibition by ammonium ion in nitrogenase-dependent hydrogen evolution of a marine photosynthetic bacterium,Rhodopseudomonas sp. strain W-1S

    • Kiyohito Yagi
    • Isamu Maeda
    • Hlroshi K. Nakamura

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 429 - 436

37. The pH-dependent energetic uncoupling ofZymomonas by acetic acid

    • Hugh G. Lawford
    • Joyce D. Rousseau

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 437 - 448

38. Mathematical model of substance active transport via cytoplasmic membrane of microbial cell along concentration gradient

    • Y. R. Malashenko
    • I. G. Sokolov
    • G. E. Plnchuk

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 449 - 452

39. Evaluation of discrete cellulase enzyme activities from anaerobic digester sludge fed a municipal solid waste feedstock

    • C. J. Rivard
    • R. A. Nieves
    • M. E. Himmel

    Session 2 Applied Biological Research Pages: 453 - 462

40. Introduction to Session 3

    • Rakesh Bajpai
    • Barbara Goodman

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 465 - 465

41. Analysis of conversion of particulate biomass to ethanol in continuous solids retaining and cascade bioreactors

    • C. R. South
    • Lee R. Lynd

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 467 - 481

42. Integrated production of ethanol fuel and protein from Coastal Bermudagrass

    • Luis B. De La Rosa
    • Sultan Reshamwala
    • Earnest D. Stuart

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 483 - 497

43. Conversion of hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur byChlorobium thiosulfatophilum in a CSTR with a sulfur-settling separator

    • Rahul Basu
    • Sriram Ramakrishnan
    • James L. Gaddy

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 499 - 508

44. High-yield shake-flask fermentation of xylose to ethanol

    • Brian L. Boynton
    • James D. McMillan

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 509 - 514

45. The effect of cell density on the production of xylitol fromd-xylose by yeast

    • Ning-Jun Cao
    • Rentian Tang
    • L. F. Chen

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 515 - 519

46. Cellulose hydrolysis using zinc chloride as a solvent and catalyst

    • Ning-Jun Cao
    • Qin Xu
    • L. F. Chen

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 521 - 530

47. Ethanol fermentation in a tower fermenter using self-aggregatingSaccharomyces uvarum

    • Chee-Shan Chen
    • E. Chan
    • L. F. Chen

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 531 - 544

48. Screening of resins for use in a biparticle fluidized-bed bioreactor for the continuous fermentation and separation of lactic acid

    • Eric Neil Kaufman
    • Stanley P. Cooper
    • Brian H. Davison

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 545 - 554

49. Bioconversion of municipal solid waste to lactic acid byLactobacillus species

    • Thomas A. McCaskey
    • Sheng D. Zhou
    • Richard Strickland

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 555 - 568

50. Arabinose utilization by xylose-fermenting yeasts and fungi

    • James D. McMillan
    • Brian L. Boynton

    Session 3 Bioprocessing Research Pages: 569 - 584