Bio-Valorization of Waste: Trends and Perspectives
In: Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology Ser.
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1: Microbial Valorization of Coir Pith for Development of Compost and Bioethanol Production -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Chemical Composition of Coir Pith -- 1.3 Compost -- 1.3.1 Characteristics of Raw Material for Compost Formation -- 1.4 Coir Pith as a Component of Growing Media for Plants -- 1.5 Microbial Valorization of Coir Pith -- 1.6 Bioethanol Production from Coir Pith -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- 2: Transforming the Lignocellulosic Biomass into High Value-Added Bioproducts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Structure and Chemical Composition of Lignocellulosic Biomass -- 2.3 Importance and Types of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for High Value-Added Bioproducts Production -- 2.4 Lignocellulosic Biomass Degradation Enzymes for the Production of High Value-Added Bioproducts -- 2.4.1 Production of Lignocellulose Degrading Enzymes -- 2.4.1.1 Fungal GH Physiology -- 2.4.2 Lignin Oxidative Enzymes as Tools for Bioproducts -- 2.5 Xylooligosaccharides: Emerging Bioproduct from Hemicelluloses Fraction -- 2.5.1 From Xylan Structure to Xylooligosaccharides -- 2.5.2 Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for XOS Production -- 2.5.3 Enzymatic Hydrolysis for XOS Production -- 2.6 Spathaspora passalidarum: Deciphering Physiological and Processual Parameters for Ethanol and Chemicals Production by Lign... -- 2.6.1 Ethanol -- 2.6.2 Xylitol -- 2.6.3 Glycerol -- 2.6.4 Acetoin and 2,3-Butanediol -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Microbial Mediated Valorization of Lignocellulose: A Green Technology for Bioethanol Production -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Source of Lignocellulosic Biomass -- 3.3 Importance of Pretreatment Technologies -- 3.4 Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Substrates -- 3.5 Microbial Mediated Biological Pretreatment -- 3.6 Hydrolysis: A Process Involves Microbial Enzymes.