Microbial Fuels

Dr. Farshad Darvishi Harzevili earned a BSc in biology at the University of Guilan, Iran. He earned his MSc and PhD in industrial microbiology and microbial biotechnology from the University of Isfahan, Iran. He is currently a faculty member and head of the microbial biotechnology and bioprocess engineering (MBBE) group at the University of Maragheh, Iran. His main interest is in the biotechnological and environmental applications of yeasts, especially the use of agro-industrial wastes and renewable low-cost substrates in the production of biotechnologically valuable products such as microbial enzymes and biofuels. He is also interested in the expression of heterologous proteins, metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of yeasts. Dr. Ir. Serge Hiligsmann earned a Master degree of chemical engineering and a PhD Degree in engineering sciences at University of Liège, Belgium. He is currently head of the 3BIO-BioTech unit at Brussels Polytechnic School of Université Libre de Bruxelles. His researches are situated in the field of biotechnology and bioprocesses. More precisely, he investigates and develops biotechnological processes for production of cell biomass, metabolites and bioenergies based on aerobic or anaerobic fermentation and/or valorisation of residual organic materials.

1. Impressive Potential of Microorganisms to Achieve the Transition from Fossil



Fuels to Biofuels

Farshad Darvishi and Serge Hiligsmann



Section I Gaseous Biofuels



2. Bioenergy Production from Waste Substrates

Amit Kumar, Anish Ghimire, Bo H. Svensson, and Piet N.L. Lens



3. Biomethane from Industrial and Municipal Wastewater

Miriam H.A. van Eekert and Grietje Zeeman



4. Microbial Biomethane from Solid Wastes: Principles and Biotechnogical Processes

Antoine P. Trzcinski and David C. Stuckey



5. Microbial Biomethane Production from Municipal Solid Waste Using High Soilds



Anaerobic Digestion

Gregory R. Hinds, Piet N.L. Lens, Qiong Zhang, and Sarina J. Ergas



6. Microbial Biomethane Production from Agricultural Solid Wastes

Rémy Bayard and Pierre Buffière



7. Dark Fermentative Hydrogen Production: From Concepts to a Sustainable Production

Patrícia Madeira da Silva Moura, Joana Resende Ortigueira, Idania Valdez-Vazquez,



Ganesh Dattatray Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, and Carla Alexandra



Monteiro da Silva



8. Engineering Strategies for Enhancing Photofermentative Biohydrogen Production



by Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Using Dark Fermentation Effluents

Anish Ghimire, Giovanni Esposito, Vincenzo Luongo, Francesco Pirozzi,



Luigi Frunzo, and Piet N.L. Lens



9. Hydrogen Photoproduction by Oxygenic Photosynthetic Microorganisms

Fabrice Franck, Bart Ghysels, and Damien Godaux



Section II Liquid Biofuels



10. Microbial Production of Liquid Biofuels through Metabolic Engineering

Wei Ning Chen and Jiahua Shi



11. Designing a Plant for Bioethanol Production from Different Raw Materials:



The Biowanze Ethanol Plant as a Case Study

Olivier Janssens



12. Microbial Lipids as Di