Publisher's Synopsis
To ensure a reliable future source of added value chemicals and energy, the utilization of sustainable biomass has considerable advantages over petroleum-based sources. The book covers the development of microorganisms for the production of various added value chemicals and advanced biofuels from biomass. Topics include, but are not limited, to engineering microbial strains with high biomass hydrolysis activity, high product yield, productivities and titers, ability to use many carbon sources, and resistance to toxic compounds released during the pretreatment of biomass.
