Direct microbial conversion of biomass to advanced biofuels / edited by Michael E. Himmel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Direct Microbial Conversion of Biomass to Advanced Biofuels; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Part 1 -- Direct Microbial Conversion of Biomass to Advanced Biofuels; Chapter 1 -- Feedstock Engineering and Biomass Pretreatments: New Views for a Greener Biofuels Process; Feedstock Engineering Aiming to Provide More Pretreatable and Digestable Biomass; In Planta Engineering for Reduced Recalcitrance Traits; Mild and Green Pretreatments of Biomass for Lower Toxicity in Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates and Solid Residues

A New Concept of Tailored Chemoprocessing for Individual MicroorganismsBuilding Unified Chemobiomass Databases and Libraries of Chemicals; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 -- Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis in Microorganisms; Introduction; Microbiology and Hydrocarbon Products; Enzymes and Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis; Aldehyde Deformylating Oxygenase (Formerly Decarbonylase); Alpha Olefins via Cytochrome P450; Alpha Olefins via a Polyketide-Type Pathway; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3 -- Perspectives on Process Analysis for Advanced Biofuel Production; Introduction; Aerobic Bioprocess

Aerobic Bioprocess DiscussionAnaerobic Bioprocess; Consolidated Bioprocessing; Data Gaps, Uncertainties, and Research Needs; Conclusion; References; Part 2 -- Biomass Structure and Recalcitrance; Chapter 4 -- Tailoring Plant Cell Wall Composition and Architecture for Conversion to Liquid Hydrocarbon Biofuels; Biomass Feedstocks are Already an Abundant Resource; Chemical Structure and Physical Properties of Lignocellulosic Biomass; Biochemical, Chemical and Pyrolytic Conversion Pathways Provide Alternative Routes to Fuels; Tailoring Biomass for Downstream Conversion Processes

Adding Value to Plant Biomass Through Modification of LigninRedesigning Cellulose Microfibrils for Ease of Disassembly; Modification of Accessory Proteins for Altering Cellulose Microfibril Structure; Modifying Xylan Composition and Architecture in the Interstitial Space; Modulating Gene Expression Networks to Alter Lignin and Carbohydrate Composition and Architecture; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 -- Processive Cellulases; References; Chapter 6 -- Bacterial AA10 Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases Enhance the Hydrolytic Degradation of Recalcitrant Substrates

Substrate Recalcitrance and Cellulase MixturesLytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 -- New Insights into Microbial Strategies for Biomass Conversion; Introduction; Distinct Enzyme Synergy Paradigms in Cellulolytic Microorganisms; New Cellulose Digestion Strategies Promoting Interspecies Synergism; Future Perspective; References; Chapter 8 -- New Paradigms for Engineering Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes; Introduction; Engineering of Single Enzymes; Cellulosome Engineering; Multifunctional Enzyme Design; Cell Wall-Anchored Paradigms; Reflections and Perspectives

'Direct Microbial Conversion of Biomass to Advanced Biofuels' is a stylized text that is rich in both the basic and applied sciences. It provides a higher level summary of the most important aspects of the topic, addressing critical problems solved by deep science. Expert users will find new, critical methods that can be applied to their work, detailed experimental plans, important outcomes given for illustrative problems, and conclusions drawn for specific studies that address broad based issues. A broad range of readers will find this to be a comprehensive, informational text on the subject matter, including experimentalists and even CEOs deciding on new business directions.

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