Biomass Hydrolyzing Enzymes

Dr Reeta Rani Singhania is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Sustainable Environment Research Center, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She is also Senior Scientist (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. Her major research interests are in the areas of Microbial & Enzyme Technology and Energy Biosciences. Dr Anil Kumar Patel is currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He is also Senior Scientist (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. His major research interests are in the areas of Food & Bioprocess Technology and Energy Biosciences. Dr. Héctor A. Ruiz is currently Full Professor and founder of Biorefinery Group (www.biorefinerygroup.com) at the Autonomous University of Coahuila in Mexico and leader of the biomass pretreatment stage in the Bioalcohols Cluster of the Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy, Mexico. His major research interests are in the areas of Bioprocess Technology and Energy Biosciences. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Distinguished Professor at the Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He is also Executive Director at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. His major research interests are in the areas of Industrial & Environmental Biotechnology and Energy Biosciences.

Section A: General

1. 1. Biomass hydrolyzing enzymes: An introduction

Swapnil Gurrani, Anil Kumar Patel, Ashok Pandey, Pooja Dixit, Hector Ruiz, Ashutosh Tiwari and Reeta Rani Singhania

2. Fungal cellulase: production and aplications

Abraham Mathew, Meenu Mathew and Reeta Rani Singhania

3. Bacterial cellulosomes: Production and applications

Archana Bhaskar, Siddhant Dubey and Reeta Rani Singhania

4. Fungal beta glucosidases - Production and applications

Reshma M Mathew, Meena Sankar, Athira Sreeja-Raju, Adarsh Velayudhanpillai Prasannakumari, Athulya, Anoop Puthiyamadam, Meera Christopher, Valan Rebinro and Rajeev Kumar Sukumara

5. Xylanases: Production and applications

Kim Kley Valladares-Diestra, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Sabrina Vieira, Ariane Fátima Murawski de Mello, Priscilla Zwiercheczewski de Oliveira, and Carlos Ricardo Soccol

6. Lignin degrading enzymes: Production and applications

Amanjot Kaur, Himanshu, Jitendra Kumar Saini

7. Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases: Production and applications

Pooja Dixit, Sweden Pooja Dixit, Ashutosh Tiwari, Anil Kumar Patel, Reeta Rani Singhania

Section B: Advancements and Challenges in Applications

8. Genetic modification and metabolic engineering for biomass hydrolysing enzymes

Aravind Madhavan, K B Arun, Bipin G Nair, Reeta Rani Singhania, Raveendran Sindhu, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Ashok Pandey, and Binod Parameswaran

9. Protein engineering in biomass hydrolysing enzymes

Manisha Sharma, Amit K. Rai and Sudhir P. Singh

10. Inhibitory effects in corn stover pellets enzymatic liquefaction versus monomeric sugars formation after pretreatment

Luana Assis Serra, Antonio Jose Goncalves da Cruz, Rosineide Gomes da Silva Cruz, Diana M. R. Gutierrez, Cristiane Sanchez Farinas, João Ricardo Moreira de Almeida, Eduardo Ximenes and Michael R. Ladisch

11. Enzyme-substrate mixing by periodic forces during high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose

Xin Shi, Lan Wang, and Hongzhang Chen

12. Enzymatic hydrolysis of microalgal biomass

Luciane Maria Colla, Viviane Simon; João Felipe Freitag, Victória Dutra Fagundes; Alan Rempel, and Julia Catiane Arenhart Braun

13. Enzymatic hydrolysis of macroalgal biomass

Dominique F Rocher, Rosemary A Cripwell, Willem H van Zyl and Marinda Viljoen-Bloom

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