8 Bioethanol from Starchy Biomass Part II Hydrolysis and Fermentation Sriappareddy Tamalampudi, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo contents Abstract 105 Introduction. 106 Yeast Cell Surface Engineering: A Tool for Direct Ethanol Production from Starch . 106 Ethanol Production from Soluble Starch 108 Displayed Glucoamylase. 108 Co-Displayed Glucoamylase and Amylase 109 Ethanol Production from Low-Temperature Cooked Corn Starch . 111 Ethanol Production from Raw Corn Starch. | 8 Bioethanol from Starchy Biomass Part II Hydrolysis and Fermentation Sriappareddy Tamalampudi Hideki Fukuda and Akihiko Kondo CONTENTS Yeast Cell Surface Engineering A Tool for Direct Ethanol Production from Ethanol Production from Soluble Displayed Co-Displayed Glucoamylase and Ethanol Production from Low-Temperature Cooked Corn Ethanol Production from Raw Corn Evaluation of Surface Engineered Yeast References. 118 ABSTRACT Bioethanol which is derived from starchy and cellulosic biomass is becoming important as an alternative fuel due to diminishing petroleum resources and environmental impacts. Acid and enzymatic methods have been developed for the hydrolysis of starchy biomass in order to release fermentable sugars. Acid hydrolysis results in the production of unnatural compounds that have adverse effects on yeast fermentation. In enzymatic hydrolysis of starch the biomass has to be cooked at high temperatures and large amounts of amylolytic enzymes have to be added to hydrolyze the starchy biomass prior to fermentation. Recent advances in yeast cell surface engineering developed the strategies to genetically immobilize amylolytic enzymes like 105 2009 by Taylor Francis Group LLC 106 Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels a-amylase and glucoamylase on the yeast cell surface. As a means of reducing the cost of ethanol production flocculent and nonflocculent yeast strains co-displaying amylolytic enzymes have been developed and used successfully for direct ethanol production from raw starch. Hence the cell surface engineered yeast appears to have great potential in industrial application. INTRODUCTION The utilization of biomass as the starting material for various chemicals and for the production of biofuels has received considerable interest in recent years. Starchy and cellulosic materials of .
