Cheml Engr
dienb@ncaur.usda.gov
Phone: (309) 681-6270
Fax: (309) 681-6427
Room 3300
1815 N UNIVERSITY ST
PEORIA, IL, 61604-3999

Project List

	Industrially Robust Enzymes and Microorganisms for Production of Sugars and Ethanol from Agricultural Biomass
	Evaluation of Ethanol Production Technologies
	Development of Pretreatment Technologies for Enhanced Ethanol Production from Biomass

Publications

	RECOMBINANT BIOCATALYSTS FOR CONVERTING SUGAR MIXTURES TO LACTIC ACID- (20-Oct-04)
	ENGINEERING KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA FOR PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE- (12-May-04)
	FERMENTATION OF HEXOSE AND PENTOSE SUGAR MIXTURES TO LACTIC ACID BY RECOMBINANT BACTERIA- (21-Nov-03)
	FERMENTATION OF "QUICK FIBER" PRODUCED FROM A MODIFIED CORN MILLING PROCESS INTO ETHANOL AND RECOVERY OF CORN FIBER OIL- (03-Oct-03)
	CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE TO ETHANOL USING A RECOMBINANT E. COLI STRAIN- (14-Aug-03)
	BACTERIA ENGINEERED FOR FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION: CURRENT STATUS- (01-Aug-03)
	INCREASING THE ETHANOL YIELD FROM A BUSHEL OF CORN; PROSPECTS FOR BIOMASS CONVERSION- (04-Jun-03)
	CONVERSION OF CORN FIBROUS MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL- (07-May-03)
	ENHANCEMENT OF ETHANOL YIELD FROM THE CORN DRY GRIND PROCESS BY FERMENTATION OF THE KERNEL FIBER FRACTION- (15-Mar-03)
	FERMENTATION OF SUGAR MIXTURES USING ESCHERICHIA COLI CATABOLITE REPRESSION MUTANTS ENGINEERED FOR PRODUCTION OF L-LACTIC ACID- (22-Jul-02)
	INFLUENCE OF CORN HYBRID ON ETHANOL PRODUCTION- (17-Apr-02)
	THE U.S. CORN ETHANOL INDUSTRY: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS- (15-Apr-02)
	IMPROVED BIOCATALYST FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL AND LACTIC ACID- (11-Apr-02)
	PRODUCTION OF L-LACTIC ACID USING RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI- (02-Aug-01)
	RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI ENGINEERED FOR PRODUCTION OF L-LACTIC ACID FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE SUGARS- (13-Jul-01)
	FATE OF THE BT PROTEIN IN DRY/WET MILLED FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION- (06-Jun-01)
	PRODUCTION OF LACTATE AND ETHANOL FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE SUGARS USING RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI- (31-Mar-00)
	DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ETHANOLOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS FOR FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS- (20-Sep-99)
	A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO REMOVING INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS FROM BIOMASS SUGARS TO BE USED FOR FERMENTATION.- (20-Oct-04)
	THE SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY GENE, RPE1, FUNCTIONS IN FURFURAL TOLERANCE DURING FERMENTATION- (20-Aug-04)
	A COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVERSION OF PERICARP AND ENDOSPERM FIBER FROM CORN INTO ETHANOL- (04-Aug-04)
	ETHANOL YIELD DETERMINATION FOR DRY GRIND CORN PROCESSING- (09-Jun-04)
	USE OF THE ASCOMYCETE CONIOCHAETA LIGNIARIA TO REMOVE INHIBITORS FROM BIOMASS-DERIVED SUGARS- (12-May-04)
	GROWTH OF AND ENZYME PRODUCTION BY TRICHODERMA REESEI ON CORN FIBER FRACTIONS- (12-May-04)
	GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ESCHERICHIA COLI FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM PENTOSE SUGARS: SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCT INHIBITION AND KINETIC PARAMETERS- (12-May-04)
	SEPARATION OF BUTANOL FROM FERMENTATION BROTH BY PERVAPORATION: MASS FLUX AND ENERGY BALANCE- (02-Sep-03)
	ENGINEERING LACTIC ACID BACTERIA WITH PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE AND ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE GENES FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS- (13-Mar-03)
	PRODUCTION OF ACETIC ACID BY DEKKERA/BRETTANOMYCES YEASTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF CONSTANT PH- (25-Oct-02)
	REMOVAL OF FERMENTATION INHIBITORS FORMED DURING PRETREATMENT OF BIOMASS BY POLYMERIC ADSORBENTS- (01-Sep-02)
	ACETIC ACID PRODUCTION BY DEKKERA/BRETTANOMYCES YEASTS- (15-Aug-02)
	IDENTIFICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA GENES INVOLVED IN DEGRADATION OF FURFURAL AND 2-FUROIC ACID- (23-May-02)
	REMOVAL OF FURFURAL FORMED DURING BIOMASS PRETREATMENT BY POLYMERIC ADSORBENTS- (01-May-02)
	FERMENTATION OF HIGH STARCH AND GMO CORN- (02-Aug-01)
	CONSTRUCTION OF AN OPERON FOR PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL IN LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS- (02-Aug-01)
	METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND LACTIC ACID- (09-May-01)
	USE OF CATABOLITE REPRESSION MUTANTS FOR THE FERMENTATION OF SUGAR MIXTURES TO ETHANOL- (29-Dec-00)
	METABOLIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND LACTIC ACID- (19-Dec-00)
	ACETIC ACID PRODUCTION BY BRETTANOMYCES YEAST- (25-May-00)
	FERMENTATION OF SUGAR MIXTURES TO ETHANOL USING E. COLI CATABOLITE REPRESSION MUTANTS- (25-May-00)
	XYLITOL PRODUCTION FROM CORN FIBER HYDROLYSATES BY A TWO-STAGE FERMENTATIONPROCESS- (11-Oct-99)
	CONVERSION OF CORN FIBER TO FUEL ETHANOL: APPLICATIONS OF METABOLIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES- (26-Aug-99)
	MOLECULAR STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED ETHANOL PRODUCING BACTERIA- (06-Aug-99)
	ADVANCES ON ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS- (20-Oct-04)
	A STANDARDIZED LABORATORY PROCEDURE FOR ETHANOL YIELD MEASUREMENT- (25-Jun-04)
	EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE GENES FROM ZYMOBACTER PALMAE AND SARCINA VENTRICULI IN GRAM-POSITIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIA- (27-May-04)
	ADAPTIVE RESPONSE OF YEASTS TO FURFURAL AND 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL AND NEW CHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR HMF CONVERSION TO 2,5-BIS-HYDROXYMETHYLFURAN- (28-Apr-04)
	DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIAL BIOCATALYSTS TO PRODUCE FUELS FROM AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS- (15-Nov-03)
	COMPARATIVE TOLERANCE STUDIES REVEAL DOSE-DEPENDENT INHIBITION OF ETHANOLOGENIC YEASTS BY FURFURAL AND 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL- (14-Aug-03)
	POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE DRY MILL ECONOMICS BY INCREASING ETHANOL YIELD FROM CORN FIBER RESIDUE- (07-May-03)
	BIOCATALYSTS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL- (15-Aug-02)
	SCREENING AND DISCOVERY OF MICROORGANISMS FOR INHIBITOR ABATEMENT IN TOXIC FERMENTATION SUBSTRATES- (15-Aug-02)
	SCREENING FOR MICROORGANISMS USEFUL IN DETOXIFICATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATES- (23-May-02)
	STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED ETHANOL YIELD FROM CORN- (01-May-02)
	THE FUTURE OF FERMENTATIVE MICROORGANISMS- (15-May-99)
	ADSORBED CELL DYNAMIC BIOFILM REACTOR FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM XYLOSE AND CORN FIBER HYDROLYSATE- (20-Oct-04)
	CORN FIBER HYDROLYSIS AND FERMENTATION TO BUTANOL USING CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII BA101- (07-May-03)
	PRINCIPLES AND ECONOMICS OF PRETREATING CELLULOSE IN WATER FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION- (27-Mar-03)
	GENETIC CONTROL OF METABOLIC FUNCTIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF FUELS AND CHEMICALS- (31-Mar-00)
	IDENTIFICATION OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE GENES INVOLVED IN FURFURAL TOLERANCE DURING FERMENTATION.- (01-Aug-04)
	OPTIMIZATION OF CONTROLLED PH LIQUID HOT WATER PRETREATMENT OF CORN FIBER AND STOVER- (21-Nov-03)
	PRE-TREATMENT OF WET-MILLED CORN FIBER TO IMPROVE RECOVERY OF CORN FIBER OIL, AND PHYTOSTEROLS- (05-Aug-02)
	INCREMENTAL ETHANOL YIELDS FROM PROCESSING CORN FIBER BY THERMAL PRETREATMENT AND ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS- (31-Mar-00)
	PROPERTIES OF A RECOMBINANT BETA-GLUCOSIDASE FROM THE POLYCENTRIC ANAEROBIC FUNGUS ORPINOMYCES PC-2 AND ITS APPLICATION FOR CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS- (27-Oct-03)