Overview
- Includes chapters on biomass, cellulose, glycoside hydrolases, lignin, pectins, and hemicelluloses
- Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
- Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 908)
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Table of contents (21 protocols)
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Front Matter
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Biomass Feedstock and Cellulose
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Front Matter
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Plant Cell Wall
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Keywords
About this book
Biomass conversion research is a combination of basic science, applied science, and engineering testing and analysis. Conversion science includes the initial treatment (called pre-treatment) of the feedstock to render it more amenable to enzyme action, enzymatic saccharification, and finally product formation by microbiological or chemical processes.  In Biomass Conversion: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field detail methods which are now commonly used to study biomass conversion. These methods include Biomass Feedstocks and Cellulose, Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes and Microorganisms, and Lignins and Hemicelluloses. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, the chapters include the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is crucial for getting informed, reproducible results in the laboratory.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomass Conversion
Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols
Editors: Michael E. Himmel
Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-956-3
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-955-6Published: 28 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5926-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61779-956-3Published: 28 July 2012
Series ISSN: 1064-3745
Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 275
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering