Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction to Biofuels Production
(Sarika Garg and Anil Kumar, Science Planet Inc., Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, and others)
Chapter 2. Importance of Cellulosic Bioethanol and Pre-Treatment Methods for Separating Lignin from Lignocellulosic Biomass
(Shivani Bhagwat and Anil Kumar, School of Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Chapter 3. Hexose Fermentation for Ethanol Production
(Shivani Bhagwat and Anil Kumar, School of Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya University, Indore,
Madhya Pradesh, India)
Chapter 4. Biofuel Production from Pentose Sugars
(Nikita Chordia and Anil Kumar, School of Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Chapter 5. Genetic and Metabolic Engineering of Microbes for Efficient Lignocellulosic Ethanol
(Nilesh Kumar Sharma, Mohit Bibra and Sachin Kumar, Biochemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, India, and others)
Chapter 6. Microalgae Based Biofuels: Production, Improvement, Processing and Extraction
(Abhishek Walia, Anil Kumar, Samriti Sharma and Preeti Mehta, Department of Microbiology, DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, and others)
Chapter 7. Prospects and Problems in the Bioconversion of Hemicellulose of Agro-Residues into Ethanol
(Ravi Kumar, Shilpa Sharma and T. Satyanarayana, Division of Biological Sciences & Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 8. Recent Advancements in the Engineering of β-Glucosidase for Biomass Degradation
(Sushant K. Sinha1 and Supratim Datta, Protein Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India, and others)
Chapter 9. Fuels from Photosynthesis for Combustion Engines
(Hans-Jürgen Kampmann, Senior Experten Service, Bonn, Germany, and others)
Index
Audience: Graduate students, Researchers. Yes, it will be appealable to non-professional people of industries also.
