Microbes in Energy Conversion and Conservation
Author: Australian Society for Microbiology
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780959493009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Australian Society for Microbiology
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780959493009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Zhenhong Yuan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-05-22
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 3110424738
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book provides an overview on various microorganisms and their industrialization in energy conversion, such as ethanol fermentation, butanol fermentation, biogas fermentation and fossil energy conversion. It also covers microbial oil production, hydrogen production and electricity generation. The content is up to date and suits well for both researchers and industrial audiences.
Author: H. G. Schlegel
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13: 1483139123
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Microbial Energy Conversion documents the proceedings of a seminar in Gottingen in October 1976. This book discusses the potential of microorganisms to use solar energy or convert biomass produced by solar energy in such a way that new microbial energy sources can supplement or partially replace conventional sources. This compilation reviews biomass production and elaborates on in detail the microbial processes that are involved in the conversion of the primary biomass—either freshly harvested or disposed of as waste—into energy sources that are similar to hydrogen, methane, propane, gasoline, Diesel oil, methanol, ethanol, or electricity. The microbial processes that contribute to the development of known energy resources, such as mining of low grade ores of copper, zinc, and uranium; reclamation of oil from oil shale; and recovery of conventional and heavy oil and gas, are also deliberated. This text likewise elaborates on the study of photosynthetic enzyme systems, hydrogenase, immobilization of enzymes and pigments on membranes, and construction of artificial photosynthetic units. This book is beneficial to students and researchers conducting work on microbial energy conversion.
Author: Günter Schäfer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-05-24
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 3540786228
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The fermentation of sugar by cell-free yeast extracts was demonstrated more than a century ago by E. Buchner (Nobel Prize 1907). Buchner’s observations put an end to previous animistic theories regarding cellular life. It became clear that metabolism and all cellular functions should be accessible to explication in chemical terms. Equally important for an understanding of living systems was the concept, explained in physical terms, that all living things could be cons- ered as energy converters [E. Schrödinger (Nobel Prize 1933)] which generate complexity at the expense of an increase in entropy in their environment. Bioenergetics was established as an essential branch of the biochemical sciences by the investigations into the chemistry of photosynthesis in i- lated plant organelles [O. Warburg (Nobel Prize 1931)] and by the discovery that mitochondria were the morphological equivalent that catalyzed cellular respiration. The ?eld of bioenergetics also encompasses a large variety of ad- tional processes such as the molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction, the structure and driving mechanisms of microbial ?agellar motors, the energetics of solute transport, the extrusion of macromolecules across membranes, the transformation of quanta of light into visual information and the maintenance of complex synaptic communications. There are many other examples which, in most cases, may perform secondary energy transformations, utilizing - ergy stored either in the cellular ATP pool or in electrochemical membrane potentials.
Author: Herrick Baltscheffsky
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1996-12-17
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780471185819
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Three-dimensional modeling and sequence data on protein, RNA, and DNA have contributed to the recent elucidation of evolutionary pathways in biological energy conversion and have allowed a new understanding of the molecular interrelationships between bacterial, plant, and animal systems. This timely book represents the latest information in the various subfields of biological energy conversion and presents the latest evolutionary picture. Written and edited by the leading authorities in this area, this title provides essential information for biochemists and biologists.
Author: Hans Günter Schlegel
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13:
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