Biotechnology for fuels and chemicals
Subtitle: proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, held May 4-7, 2003, in Breckenridge, CO
By: editors, Mark Finkelstein, ... [et al.].
Contributors: Finkelstein, Mark, 1948-; United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of the Biomass Program.; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.); Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Series: Applied biochemistry and biotechnology -- v. 113-116.
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1223
Subjects: Biomass energy -- Congresses.; Biotechnology -- Congresses.; Biomass chemicals -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy's Office of the Biomass Program (DOE-OBP), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ... [et al.]."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Session 1A. Feedstock supply, logistics, processing, and composition; title: Session 1B. Enzyme catalysis and engineering; title: Session 2. Introduction to microbial catalysis and engineering; title: Session 3. Bioprocessing including separations; title: Session 4. Biotechnology for fuels and chemicals - past, present, and future; title: Session 5. Biobased industrial chemicals; title: Session 6A. Biomass pretreatment and hydrolysis; title: Session 6B. Plant biotechnology and feedstock genomics; title: Special session A. Microbial pentose metabolism; title: Special session B. International Energy Agency - Bioenergy: Current state of fuel ethanol commercialization.