Biofuels
Subtitle: from microbes to molecules
By: edited by Xuefeng Lu
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Norfolk [U.K.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781908230454
Subjects: Biomass conversion
Description: "In this book a panel of international experts reviews the most important hot-topics in this area to provide a timely overview. The production of different biofuel molecules including hydrogen, methane, ethanol, butanol, higher chain alcohols, isoprenoids and fatty acid derivatives, from genetically engineered microbes, is comprehensively covered. Special focus is given to the use of metabolic engineering of microbes, including bacteria, yeast and microalgae, to enhance biofuel production. In addition authors discuss current research processes, technical challenges and future development trends for biofuel production."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: Preface; title: Metabolic engineering: key for improving biological hydrogen production / Dipankar Ghosh and Patrick C. Hallenbeck; title: Biogas-producing microbes and biomolecules / Kornél L. Kovács [and others]; title: Engineering recombinant organisms for next-generation ethanol production / Eugéne van Rensburg [et al.]; title: Production of biobutanol, from ABE to syngas fermentation / Michael Köpke [et al.]; title: Higher chain alcohols from non-fermentative pathways / Jordan T. McEwen, Yohei Tashiro, and Shota Atsumi; title: Isoprone-derived biofuels from engineered microbes / Han Min Woo and Taek Soon Lee; title: Engineering microbial fatty acid biosynthetic pathways to make advanced biofuels / Tingting Ning and Tiangang Liu; title: Biofuel production by genetically engineered cyanobacteria / Xuefeng Lu [et al.]; title: Index; title: Colour plate.