Microorganisms and Enzymes for Lignocellulosic Biorefineries /

Enzymes and Microorganisms for Lignocellulosic Biorefinery comprehensively deals with the enzymes and microorganisms for lignocellulosic degradation, challenges in the engineering of lignocellulolytic enzymes and mining and engineering for better enzymes. The book discusses commonly used bioprocesse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bajpai, Pratima
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2024.
Subjects:	Lignocellulose > Biotechnology. Bioreactors. Lignocellulose > Biotechnologie. Bioréacteurs. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1 General backgrounds
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biorefinery definition
1.3 Biorefinery classification and trends
1.3.1 Biorefinery for triglycerides
1.3.2 Biorefinery for sugar and starch
1.3.3 Biorefinery of lignocellulosic biomass
References
Chapter 2 Biorefinery industry development drivers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Key biorefinery market drivers, trends, and obstacles
2.3 Challenges to the environment
References
Chapter 3 The value chain of a biorefinery: Technical and financial considerations
3.1 Feedstock and its availability
3.2 Supply chain and transportation
3.3 Preprocessing
3.4 Saccharification
3.5 Scale-up of biorefineries to commercial scale
References
Chapter 4 Composition and characterization of lignocellulosic biomass
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Lignocellulosic biomass: sources, components, and characterization
4.2.1 Cellulose
4.2.2 Hemicellulose
4.2.3 Lignin
References
Chapter 5 Enzymes responsible for lignocellulose degradation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Cellulolytic enzymes
5.3 Hemicellulolytic enzymes
5.4 Pectinolytic enzymes
5.5 Ligninolytic enzymes
5.6 The organization of lignocellulolytic enzymes
References
Further reading
Chapter 6 Using engineering and mining to create better enzymes
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Development of improved enzymes
References
Chapter 7 Challenges in the engineering of lignocellulolytic enzymes
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Challenges impeding the use of lignocellulolytic enzymes
References
Chapter 8 Development of highly effective enzyme cocktails
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Development of efficient enzyme cocktails
References
Chapter 9 Degradation of lignocelluloses by microorganisms
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Common microorganisms degrading lignocelluloses
9.3 Development of efficient enzyme-producing microorganisms
References
Chapter 10 Utilization of cellulose for the production of chemicals by recombinant microorganisms
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Production of chemicals using recombinant microbes
10.2.1 Escherichia coli
10.2.2 Bacillus sp
10.3 Corynebacterium glutamicum
10.4 Lactic acid bacteria
10.5 Saccharomyces cerevisiae