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240 Index<br />

glucose<br />

fermentation 199, 200<br />

oxidation 199–200, 200<br />

glycerol 82, 84–5, 87, 89, 147, 160<br />

greenhouse gases (GHGs) 6, 48, 71, 153<br />

comparisons 223–4<br />

and crop production 226–8, 227<br />

emissions 66–7, 67, 121<br />

and ethanol production 48, 49–50<br />

mitigation 27–9, 27<br />

and nitrogen oxides 28, 228<br />

and no-till cropp<strong>in</strong>g 28–9, 228<br />

hydrogen<br />

advantages 198<br />

natural formation 198–9<br />

partial pressure 199, 203<br />

production 197–215<br />

Caldicellulosiruptor spp. 208–10<br />

Clostridium spp. 207–8<br />

enterobacteria (role) 206–7<br />

enzyme catalysis 204–6<br />

formate (role) 206–7<br />

hydrogen/glucose ratio 215<br />

improvement 213–14<br />

acetate conversion 214<br />

energy <strong>in</strong>put 214<br />

pentose phosphate (PP) pathway<br />

213–14<br />

microorganisms 201-2<br />

NADH (role) 200–4, 207<br />

and hydrogenase 204–6<br />

proton reduction 200–3<br />

reversed electron transport 203–4<br />

Pyrococcus 212–13<br />

substrates 199, 214<br />

Thermoanaerobacter spp. 210–11<br />

Thermococcus spp. 212–13<br />

thermodynamics 199–204<br />

Gibbs free energy 199–200, 200, 203<br />

thermophiles 210–13, 214–15<br />

Thermotoga spp. 211–12<br />

see also fermentation<br />

hydrogen sulfide removal 190, 191<br />

hydrogenases 204–6, 205, 210, 215<br />

Fe-only 204<br />

[NiFe] hydrogenases 204<br />

India 2, 79, 155<br />

Indonesia 79, 120, 155<br />

Iraq 120<br />

Jatropha curcas 79<br />

Kenya 155<br />

Kyoto Protocol 121<br />

lign<strong>in</strong>/lignocellulose 30, 32, 49, 50<br />

lipase 85–6<br />

extracellular 131–6, 137<br />

<strong>in</strong>tracellular 136–43, 137<br />

localization 141–3<br />

production cost 147<br />

from Rhizopus oryzae 134, 135<br />

transesterification reactions 130–1, 131,<br />

132<br />

lipids see waste lipids<br />

livestock, CO2 emissions 231<br />

liv<strong>in</strong>g conditions 66, 69–71, 70<br />

maize see corn<br />

Malaysia 79, 120<br />

manure 44, 187<br />

methane 174, 176, 186–7, 191<br />

formation 198<br />

see also biogas<br />

methanogens 198–9<br />

methanolysis 81, 81, 87, 131, 131, 133<br />

cell-surface display 143–7<br />

yeast cells 144–7, 146<br />

display<strong>in</strong>g ProROL 144–7, 145<br />

flocculation profile 144–5, 146<br />

with extracellular lipase 133–6, 133, 137<br />

acyl migration 134–6, 135<br />

from Rhizopus oryzae 134–6, 135<br />

with <strong>in</strong>tracellular lipase 136–43, 137<br />

biomass support particles (BSPs) 136, 137<br />

fatty acid stabilization 139–41, 140, 141<br />

glutaraldehyde stabilization 138, 138<br />

immobilization 136–9<br />

lipase localization 141–3, 142, 143<br />

lipase precursor 141–2, 142<br />

<strong>in</strong> packed-bed reactor 138–9, 139<br />

from Rhizopus oryzae 136, 138, 139, 141,<br />

142, 143<br />

see also esterification/transesterification<br />

methyl ester (ME) synthesis see methanolysis<br />

methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) 40–1<br />

microorganisms 10, 197–215<br />

convert biomass feedstock 171<br />

see also anaerobic digestion<br />

Midwest (US) 43<br />

Miscanthus 16, 18

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