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Sustainable Biotechnology

Sources of Renewable Energy

  • Provides an in-depth understanding of renewable sources of bioenergy and other value-added products derived from these resources
  • Discusses technological applications of molecular biology in bioenergy
  • Gives perspectives of Bioenergy and bio-products
  • Investigates the use of extremophiles for extremolyte production

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Heat and Mass Transport in Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals

    • Sridhar Viamajala, Bryon S. Donohoe, Stephen R. Decker, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael J. Selig, Michael E. Himmel et al.
    Pages 1-18
  3. Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass

    • Xiaorong Wu, James McLaren, Ron Madl, Donghai Wang
    Pages 19-41
  4. Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels – The Case for Biodiesel, Biobutanol and Cellulosic Ethanol

    • Palligarnai T. Vasudevan, Michael D. Gagnon, Michael S. Briggs
    Pages 43-62
  5. Biotechnological Applications of Hemicellulosic Derived Sugars: State-of-the-Art

    • Anuj K. Chandel, Om V. Singh, L. Venkateswar Rao
    Pages 63-81
  6. Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery (TGER)

    • James J. Valdes, Jerry B. Warner
    Pages 83-103
  7. Production of Methane Biogas as Fuel Through Anaerobic Digestion

    • Zhongtang Yu, Floyd L. Schanbacher
    Pages 105-127
  8. Perspectives on Bioenergy and Biofuels

    • Elinor L. Scott, A. Maarten J. Kootstra, Johan P.M. Sanders
    Pages 179-194
  9. Perspectives on Chemicals from Renewable Resources

    • Elinor L. Scott, Johan P.M. Sanders, Alexander Steinbüchel
    Pages 195-210
  10. Microbial Production of Potent Phenolic-Antioxidants Through Solid State Fermentation

    • Silvia Martins, Diego Mercado, Marco Mata-Gómez, Luis Rodriguez, Antonio Aguilera-Carbo, Raul Rodriguez et al.
    Pages 229-246
  11. Photoautotrophic Production of Astaxanthin by the Microalga Haematococcus pluvialis

    • Esperanza Del Río, F. Gabriel Acién, Miguel G. Guerrero
    Pages 247-258
  12. Enzymatic Synthesis of Heparin

    • Renpeng Liu, Jian Liu
    Pages 259-277
  13. Extremophiles: Sustainable Resource of Natural Compounds-Extremolytes

    • Raj Kumar, Dev Dutt Patel, Deen Dayal Bansal, Saurabh Mishra, Anis Mohammed, Rajesh Arora et al.
    Pages 279-294
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 295-323

About this book

Sustainable Biotechnology; Sources of Renewable Energy draws on the vast body of knowledge about renewable resources for biofuel research, with the aim to bridge the technology gap and focus on critical aspects of lignocellulosic biomolecules and the respective mechanisms regulating their bioconversion to liquid fuels and other value-added products. This book is a collection of outstanding research reports and reviews elucidating several broad-ranging areas of progress and challenges in the utilization of sustainable resources of renewable energy, especially in biofuels.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bradford, U.S.A.

    Om V. Singh

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, US Army Medical Research, Aberdeen Proving Ground, U.S.A.

    Steven P. Harvey

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