Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane

Chapter 1. ROUTES TO 2ND GENERATION BIOTHEANOL IN BRAZIL: FOUNDATION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF BIOETHANOL

by Drs. Marcos S. Buckeridge & Amanda P. De Souza

PART I - ASPECTS OF CELL WALL STRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE

Chapter 2. SUGARCANE CELL WALL STRUCTURE AND DEGRADATION: FROM MONOSACCHARIDE ANALYZES TO THE GLYCOMIC CODE

by  Marcos S. Buckeridge, Amanda P. De Souza, Eveline Q. P. Tavares, & Arthur B. Cambler

Chapter 3. NANOSTRUCTURE OF LIGNOCELLULOSE AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR BIOMASS CONVERSION INTO CHEMICALS AND BIOFUELS

by Carlos Driemeier

by Dyoni M. de Oliveira, Aline Finger-Teixeira, Denis  L. de Freitas, Gabriela E. Barreto, Rogério B. de Lima, Anderson R. Soares, Osvaldo Ferrarese-Filho, Rogério Marchiosi, & Wanderley D. dos Santos

PART II - MICROBIAL ENZYMES

Chapter 5. ENZYMES INVOLVED IN THE BIODEGRADATION OF SUGARCANE BIOMASS: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES

by Maria de Lourdes T. M. Polizeli, Alexandre F. Somera, Rosymar C. de Lucas, Monica S. F. Nozawa, & Michele Michelin

Chapter 6. THE ROLE OF FUNGAL TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS AND SIDE-CHAIN HYDROLYZING ENZYMES IN SUGARCANE BAGASSE BREAKDOWN

by Leonora R. S. Moreira, Camila L. Corrêa, Helder A.  R. Gomes, Glaucia E. O. Midorikawa, Robert N. G. Miller, & Edivaldo X. Ferreira Filho

Chapter 7. APPLIED METAGENOMICS FOR BIOFUEL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

by Antônio D. N. Ferraz Júnior, André R. L. Damásio, Douglas A. A. Paixão, Thabata M. Alvarez, & Fabio M. Squina

PART III - MICROORGANISMS AND SUGARCANE GENETICS

Chapter 8. YEAST FOR PENTOSE FERMENTATION: ISOLATION, SCREENING, PERFORMANCE, MANIPULATION, AND PROSPECTS

by Sandra R. Ceccato-Antonini, Carolina B. Codato, Cristina Martini, Reinaldo G. Bastos, and Sâmia M. Tauk-Tornisielo

Chapter 9. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SUGARCANE GENETICS AND GENOMICS

by Melina C. Mancini, Cláudio B. Cardoso-Silva, Estela A. Costa, Thiago G. Marconi, Antonio A. F. Garcia, Anete P. Souza

PART IV - ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLICIES ISSUES

Chapter 10. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF SECOND GENERATION ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM SUGARCANE

by  Marcelo V. Galdos , Heitor Cantarella, H., A. Hastings, J. Hillier., & P. Smith[MB1] 

Chapter 11. POLICY AND DIPLOMACY IN THE PRODUCTION OF SECOND GENERATION ETHANOL IN BRAZIL: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH THE EU, USA AND AFRICA

by Nicola Favretto, Lindsay C. Stringer, Marcos S. Buckeridge, & Stavros Afionis