Dedication. <p>Preface.</p> <p><b>(A). Biodiesel.</b></p> <p>Chapter 1. Biodiesel Research at NCAUR, USDA (Sevim Erhan).</p> <p>Chapter 2. Enzymatic Reactions for Production of Biodiesel Fuel and Their Application to Oil and Fat Industry (Yuji Shimada, Yomi Watanabe, and Toshihiro Nagao).</p> <p>Chapter 3. Biodiesel cost optimizer-least cost raw material blending for "Standard" quality biodiesel (Ignace Debruyne).</p> <p>Chapter 4. New catalytic systems for vegetable oil transesterification based on tin compounds (Paulo A. Z. Suarez*, Joel C. Rubim and Melquizedeque B. Alves).</p> <p>Chapter 5. Noncatalytic Alcoholysis of Vegetable Oils for Production of Biodiesel Fuel (Hiroshi Nabetani, Mitsutoshi Nakajima, Shoji Hagiwara, Rie Yamazaki, and Hitoshi Maeda).</p> <p>Chapter 6. Improvements to the Biodiesel Batch Process and Impact on Low Temperature Performances (Franz Luxem, Stepan Company).</p> <p>Chapter 7. Development of New Products from Biodiesel Glycerin (Ronald Alan Holser).</p> <p>Chapter 8. Industrial Products from Biodiesel Glycerols (Richard D. Ashby, Victor T. Wyatt, Thomas A. Foglia and Daniel K. Y. Solaiman).</p> <p>Chapter 9. Optimization of Lipase-Catalyzed Biodiesel by Statistical Approach (Chee-Shan Chen, Jiann-Yih Jeng, Hen-Yi Ju, and Chwen-Jen Shieh).</p> <p>Chapter 10. Production of biofuel from lipids and alternative resources (R. Verhé1, V. Van Hoed1, C. Echim1, C. Stevens1, W. De Greyt, and M. Kellens).</p> <p><b>(B). Bioethanol.</b></p> <p>Chapter 11. Biotechnology of Holocellulose-Degrading Enzymes (Jürgen Andreausa, Edivaldo Ximenes Ferreira Filhob, and Elba Pinto da Silva Bonc).</p> <p>Chapter 12. From biogas energy to keratinase technology (Jason C.H. Shih, and Jeng-Jie Wang).</p> <p>Chapter 13. Emerging Technologies in dry grind ethanol production (Vijay Singh).</p> <p>Chapter 14. Gram positive bacteria as biocatalysts to convert biomass-derived sugars into biofuel and chemicals (Siqing Liu and Mike Cotta).</p> <p>Chapter 15. Biological Hydrogen Production by Strict Anaerobic Bacteria: Fundamentals, Strategies to Operation, and Limitations (Shihwu Sung and Wen-Hsing Chen).</p> <p><b>(C). Biocatalysis (Products from Renewable Resources).</b></p> <p>Chapter 16. Some Properties of a Self-sufficient Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system from Bacillus megaterium strain ALA2 (Brian L. Hilker, Herotada Fukushige, Ching T. Hou1 and David Hildebrand).</p> <p>Chapter 17. Biocatalysis-based development of oligosaccharides in Japan (Hajime Taniguchi).</p> <p>Chapter 18. Biocatalysis: Synthesis of chiral intermediates for drugs (Ramesh Patel).</p> <p>Chapter 19. Screening of novel microbial enzymes and their application to chiral compound Production (Michihiko Kataoka and Sakayu Shimizu).</p> <p>Chapter 20. Hydrogenation Technologies for the Production of High Quantity of Biobeneficiary Conjugated Fatty Acids (Mun Yhung Jung and Suk Hoo Yoon ).</p> <p>Chapter 21. Biotechnology of Mannitol Production (Badal Saha).</p> <p>Chapter 22. Physiological function of DHA phospholipids (Teruyoshi Yanagita, Bungo Shirouchi, koji Nagao, and Nao Inoue).</p> <p>Chapter 23. Conversion of fisheries by-products and waste into value-added products –Attempts undergoing in Hokkaido, Japan (Koretaro Takahashi and Kenji Fykunaga).</p> <p>Chapter 24. Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of structured lipids (Gudmundur G. Haraldsson).</p> <p>Chapter 25. Biosynthesis of Castor Oil Studied by the Regiospecific Analysis of Castor Triacylglycerols by ESI-MS (Jiann-Tsyh Lin).</p> <p>Chapter 26. Composition, Functionality and Potential Applications of Seaweed Lipids (Bhaskar Narayan1, Chandini S. Kumar1, Tokutake Sashima, Hayato Maeda, Masashi Hosokawa and Kazuo Miyashita).</p> <p>Chapter 27. Enzymatic production of marine-derived protein hydrolysates and their bioactive peptides for use in foods and nutraceuticals (Tomoko OKADA, Masashi HOSOKAWA, Seigo ONO, and Kazuo Miyashita).</p> <p>Chapter 28. Bioengineering and Application of Glucose Polymers (Kayo Hosoya, Iwao Kojima and Takeshi Takaha).</p> <p>Chapter 29. Peroxidase-Catalyzed Polymerization of Phenolic Compounds Containing Carbohydrate Residues (Hirofumi Nakano).</p> <p>Chapter 30. Production of lipase and oxygenated fatty acids from vegetable oils (Beom Soo Kim, Byung-Seob Song, and Ching T. Hou).</p> <p>Chapter 31. Production of Biologically Active Hydroxy Fatty Acids by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3 (Hak-Ryul Kim, Jae-Han Bae, Ching T. Hou, and Sun-Chul Kang).</p> <p>Chapter 32. Biotransformation of oils to value-added compounds (Milan Certik).</p>