Microbial Energy Conversion

The book provides an overview on various microorganisms and their industrialization in energy conversion, such as ethanol fermentation, butanol fermentation, biogas fermentation and fossil energy conversion. It also covers microbial oil production, hydrogen production and electricity generation. The content is up to date and suits well for both researchers and industrial audiences.

Auteur

Zhenhong Yuan, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Contenu
Table of Content: Chapter 1 IntroductionSection 1 Energy and microbiologySection 2 Application status and development prospect of energy microbiologyChapter 2 Microbiological fundamentalSection 1 Prokaryotic microorganismsSection 2 Eukaryotic microorganismsSection 3 VirusSection 4 Microbial growth and metabolismSection 5 Microbial genetic variation and breedingChapter 3 Microbial biomass pretreatment and hydrolysisSection 1 Microbial starch hydrolysis and its related amylaseSection 2 Microbial lignin hydrolysis and its related ligninaseSection 3 Microbial cellulose hydrolysis and its related celluloseSection 4 Microbial hemicellulose hydrolysis and its related hemicellulasesChapter 4 Microbial ethanol fermentationSection 1 Microbial hexose fermentationSection 2 Microbial pentose fermentationSection 3 Microbial syngas fermentationSection 4 Ethanol fermentation technology and its applicationChapter 5 Microbial butanol fermentationSection 1 Overview about butanol fermentationSection 2 Butanol fermentation microorganismSection 3 Acetone, butanol fermentationSection 4 Acetone, butanol fermentation technology and its applicationChapter 6 Microbial oil-lipid transformation and oil productionSection 1 Microbial lipase productionSection 2 Oil-producing microalgaeSection 3 Oil-producing fungiChapter 7 Microbial biogas fermentationSection 1 Principles of anaerobic biogas fermentationSection 2 Microbial acidogenic fermentationSection 3 Microbial methane productionChapter 8 Microbial hydrogen productionSection 1 Hydrogenase and nitrogenaseSection 2 Photosynthetic hydrogen production microbiologySection 3 Microbial dark fermentation for hydrogen productionSection 4 Microbial conversion of carbon monoxide to hydrogenSection 5 Prospect of biological hydrogen productionChapter 9 Microbial electricity generationSection 1 Fundamental of microbial fuel cellSection 2 Microbial electricity generationSection 3 Isolation and breeding of electricity production microorganismSection 4 Community analysis of anode flora in MFCSection 5 Application of electricity production microorganismChapter 10 Microbial fossil energy conversionSection 1 Microbial oil explorationSection 2 Microbial coal conversion