Description This book covers both basic and applied sciences in a rather specified area of pulp and paper manufacture. The basic science of lignocellulose
enzymology and plant genetics is covered also in many other contexts, whereas the application of biotechnology in process and product
development is thoroughly reviewed. All the latest advances as well as new ideas of the research field are covered. This book will serve
as an updated and compact information package of biotechnical aspects and the most recent advances of the pulp and paper industry sector.
Contents Preface. Trends in pulp and paper biotechnology (L. Viikari). Biotechnology in the pulp and paper industry. A challenge for change (A.
Ragauskas).
Structure and fibre modification.
Alterations of lignin biosynthesis have tissue-specific impact on cell
wall formation (K. Ruel, M.-D. Montiel, J.-P. Joseleau). Cellulases: Agents for fiber modification or bioconversion? The effect of substrate
accessibility on cellulose enzymatic hydrolyzability (A.R. Esteghlalian, S.D. Mansfield, J.N. Saddler). Lignocellulose oxidation by low
molecular weight metal-binding compounds isolated from wood degrading fungi: A comparison of brown rot and white rot systems and the
potential application of chelator-mediated Fenton reactions (B. Goodell et al.). Dislocations and balloon swelling in spruce
kraft pulp fibres - Effect of cellulases, xylanase and laccase/HBT (P. Ander).
Biopulping. Recent developments in biopulping
technology at Madison, WI (G.M. Scott et al.). Attempts to correlate biopulping benefits with changes in the chemical structure
of wood components and enzymes produced during the wood biotreatment with Ceriporiopsis subvermispora
(A. Ferraz et al.).
Fungi as potential assisting agents in softwood pulping (A. Hatakka et al.).
Fundamentals of oxidative enzymes.
(N-Hydroxy mediated laccase biocatalysis: recent progress on its mechanism and future prospect of its application (F. Xu, K. Li, T.J.
Elder). Metal-activated laccase promoters (V. Faraco et al.). Protease mediated processing of a Cu-induced laccase in Pleurotus
ostreatus: a natural approach to improve protein stability (P. Giardina et al.). Reactivity of high and low molar mass
lignin in the laccase catalysed oxidation (M.-L. Niku-Paavola et al.). The effect of oxidation with single electron oxidants
compared to laccase treatment of TMP wood fibres (S. Barsberg, J. Hassingboe). Studies on inactivation and stabilization of manganese
peroxidase from Trametes versicolor (H. Bermek, K. Li, K.-E.L. Eriksson).
Applications of oxidative enzymes.
Delving into the fundamental LMS delignification of high-kappa kraft pulps (R.P. Chandra et al.). Elucidating of effects of
laccase on the physical properties of high-kappa kraft pulps (R.P. Chandra, A.J. Ragauskas). New developments in enzyme-assisted delignification
and bleaching (H.P. Call). In vivo and in vitro biobleaching of unbleached hardwood kraft pulp by a marine fungus, Phlebia sp. MG-60 (X. Li, R. Kondo, K. Sakai). Potential of laccases in softwood-hardwood high-yield pulping and bleaching (M.
Petit-Conil et al.). Pilot plant bleaching trials with laccase and mediator (M. Paice et al.). Flax pulp bleaching
and residual lignin modification by laccase-mediator systems (S. Camarero O. García et al.). Biomimetic pulp bleaching
with copper complexes and hydroperoxides (K. Fackler et al.). Enzymatic degradation of oxalic acid for prevention of scaling
(N.-O. Nilvebrant et al.).
Xylanases and enzyme-assisted bleaching. Expression of thermophilic xylanases in
fungal hosts (P.L. Bergquist et al.). Evaluation of bleach-enhancing effect of xylanases on bagasse pulp (S. Bissoon, S. Singh,
L. Christov). Boosting of LMS bleaching with hemicellulases (T. Oksanen et al.). Mill usage and mechanistic studies of xylanase
to enhance bleaching (J.S. Tolan, C. Popovici).
Pulp and paper manufacture. Enzymatic control of dissolved and colloidal
substances during mechanical pulping (J. Buchert, A. Mustranta, B. Holmbom). Enhancement of TMP reject refining by enzymatic modification
of pulp carbohydrates - A mill study (J. Pere et al.). Improved papermaking by cellulase treatment before refining (U.-B. Mohlin,
B. Pettersson). The effects of recombinant Cellulomonas fimi β-l,4-glycanases on softwood kraft pulp fibre and paper properties
(S.D. Mansfield et al.). Enzyme treatments for improved retention in newsprint stocks (I.D. Reid, M. Ricard). Potential of enzymatic
deinking (L. Magnin, P. Delpech, R. Lantto).
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