Contents



**III**

**Section 4**

in the Food Industry

Useful in Healthcare

Waste: A Review

in Biofuel Production

*and Taiele Blumberg Machado*

*and Donald Tyoker Kukwa*

**Section 5**

*by Gunjan Deshmukh and Haresh Manyar*

Xylanase and Its Industrial Applications *by Abdul Basit, Wei Jiang and Kashif Rahim*

*by Łukasz Wajda and Magdalena Januszek*

*by Donald Tyoker Kukwa and Maggie Chetty*

Chemical Modification of Xylan

Biochemical Products **279**

**Chapter 15 281**

**Chapter 16 293**

**Chapter 17 315**

**Chapter 18 331**

Microalgae Biomass **353**

**Chapter 19 355**

**Chapter 20 383**

**Chapter 21 401**

**Chapter 22 419**

**Chapter 23 429**

Microalgae Cultivation in Photobioreactors Aiming at Biodiesel Production

Microalgae Growth under Mixotrophic Condition Using Agro-Industrial

*by Izabel Pereira, Adriano Rangel, Bruna Chagas, Bruno de Moura, Stela Urbano, Roberto Sassi, Fabiana Camara and Cíntia Castro*

Magnetic Field Application to Increase Yield of Microalgal Biomass

*by Edward Kwaku Armah, Maggie Chetty, Jeremiah Adebisi Adedeji* 

Valorization of Lignocellulosic and Microalgae Biomass

*by Lucielen Oliveira Santos, Pedro Garcia Pereira Silva, Sharlene Silva Costa* 

The Application of Solid State Fermentation for Obtaining Substances

Production Pathways of Acetic Acid and Its Versatile Applications

*by Djamila Kerrouche, Nabila Rouba and Vincent Chaleix*

Microalgae: The Multifaceted Biomass of the 21st Century

*by Mateus S. Amaral, Carla C.A. Loures, Fabiano L. Naves, Gisella L. Samanamud, Messias B. Silva and Arnaldo M.R. Prata*


**II**

**Chapter 7 113**

**Chapter 8 129**

**Chapter 9 149**

**Chapter 10 163**

Alternative Biomass Sources **183**

**Chapter 11 185**

**Chapter 12 203**

**Chapter 13 239**

**Chapter 14 255**

Current Situation and Future Outlook of Forest Biomass Production

Location Analysis and Application of GIS in Site Suitability Study

*Mauro Antônio da Silva Sá Ravagnani and Eugênia Leandro Almeida*

Market Prospecting and Assessment of the Economic Potential

*by Alisson Dias da Silva Ruy, Ana Luíza Freitas Ferreira, Antônio Ésio Bresciani, Rita Maria de Brito Alves* 

Composting of Pig Effluent as a Proposal for the Treatment

*by Robson Evaldo Gehlen Bohrer, Mastrângello Enivar Lanzanova, Ramiro Pereira Bisognin, Marciel Redin, Eduardo Lorensi de Souza, Daniela Mueller de Lara, Divanilde Guerra, Danni Maisa da Silva, Maiara Figueiredo Ramires and Diego Armando Amaro Da Silva*

*by Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Chinenye F. Okey-Onyesolu,* 

*by Cid Marcos Gonçalves Andrade, Sérgio Inácio Gomes,* 

A General Overview of Sweet Sorghum Genomics

*and Didiana Gálvez-López*

and Its Utilization in Japan *by Takuyuki Yoshioka*

of Glycerol from Biodiesel

*and Luiz Antônio Magalhães Pontes*

*by Safiya Noorzai and Casparus J.R. Verbeek*

A Comparative Study of MSW to Emery in Oman

Collagen: From Waste to Gold

of Veterinary Drugs

*by Tariq Umar*

*Daniel C. Anizoba and Joseph I. Ubah*

Silvopastoral Systems for Energy Generation

for Biogas Plant

**Section 3**

*by Raymundo Rosas-Quijano, Abraham Ontiveros-Cisneros, Noé Montes-García, Arturo Díaz-Franco, Alfredo Vázquez-Ovando* 


Preface

Using biomass to cogenerate energy and produce biological and biochemical products as well as bioproducts with economic importance is a great alternative to using fossil fuels, which have adverse effects on the environment. Biomass, as a sustainable and renewable energy source, has considerable importance in the production of several molecules with vast application in industries such as agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Additionally, alternative biomass sources and the development of thermochemical processes for efficient conversion of several biomass substrates contribute to the development of biofuel and bioenergy

The present book, *Biotechnological Applications of Biomass*, provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art of biomass utilization in agriculture and pharmaceuticals. It contains thirty-two chapters over eight sections: "Biomass (Pre)Treatments or Conversion," "Biomass for (Bio)Energy," "Alternative Biomass Sources," "Biochemical Products," "Microalgae Biomass," "Biotechnological

Products," "Thermochemical Processes," and "Kinetic Models and Tools for Biomass

**Thalita Peixoto Basso,**

University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil

University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil

Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture,

**Thiago Olitta Basso and Luiz Carlos Basso,**

This book will be interesting for researchers around the world involved with biomass utilization. It also contributes to the diverse research areas of biomass

production.

Measurement".

utilization and production of bioproducts.
