Environmental Biotechnology – New Approaches and Prospective Applications

1. Environmental Biotechnology for Bioconversion of Agricultural and Forestry Wastes into Nutritive Biomass 2. Comparison of the Performance of the Laccase Bioconversion of Sodium Lignosulfonates in Batch, Continuous and Fed Batch Reactors 3. Biochemical Processes for Generating Fuels and Commodity Chemicals from Lignocellulosic Biomass 4. Synergistic Effects of Pretreatment Process on Enzymatic Digestion of Rice Straw for Efficient Ethanol Fermentation 5. Microbial Degradation of Persistent Organophosphorus Flame Retardants 6. Continuous Biotechnological Treatment of Cyanide Contaminated Waters by Using a Cyanide Resistant Species of Aspergillus awamori 7. Biodegradation of Cyanobacterial Toxins 8. Bioavailability of High Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Renewable Resources 9. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production from Carbon Dioxide by Recombinant Cyanobacteria 10. The Extracellular Indolic Compounds of Lentinus edodes 11. Role of Biotechnology for Protection of Endangered Medicinal Plants 12. The Use of Interactions in Dual Cultures in vitro to Evaluate the Pathogenicity of Fungi and Susceptibility of Host Plant Genotypes