Lignocellulosic Biomass in Biotechnology

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Physico-chemical characteristics of lignocellulosic biomass 3. Sources of lignocellulosic biomass 4. Microorganisms and their lignocellulytic enzymes 5. Enzymatic Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass 6. Regulation of Cell-Wall Degrading Enzymes Production in Fungi 7. Barriers to lignocellulose biodegradation 8. Lignocellulosic pretreatment techniques 9. Bioprocessing of Lignocellulosic biomass 10.New trends in application of nanotechnology for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass 11. Nanotechnology in Lignocellulosic composites 12. Valuable Chemicals and Products from Lignocellulosic Biomass 13.Techno-economic and environmental evaluation 14. Future perspectives

Authors

Pratima Bajpai Consultant-Pulp and Paper, Kanpur, India. Dr. Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a Consultant in the field of Paper and Pulp. She has over 36 years of experience in research at the National Sugar Institute, University of Saskatchewan, the Universitiy of Western Ontario, in Canada, in addition to the Thapar Research and Industrial Development Centre, in India. She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada and as a visiting researcher at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. She has been named among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in the list published in October 2022. This is the third consecutive year that she has made it into the prestigious list. Dr. Bajpai's main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology. She has contributed immensely to the field of industrial biotechnology and is a recognized expert in the field. Dr. Bajpai has written several advanced level technical books on environmental and biotechnological aspects of pulp and paper which have been published by leading publishers in the USA and Europe. She has also contributed chapters to a number of books and encyclopedia, obtained 11 patents, written several technical reports, and has implemented several processes in Indian Paper mills. Dr. Bajpai is an active member of the American Society of Microbiologists and is a reviewer of many international research journals.