This book presents a review and in-depth analyses of improved biotechnological processes emphasizing critical aspects and challenges of lignocellulosic biomass conversion into biofuels and value-added products especially using extremophiles and recombinant microorganisms.  The book specifically comprises extremophilic production of liquid and gaseous biofuels (bioethanol, biobutanol, biodiesel, biohydrogen, and biogas) as well as value added products (e.g. single cell protein, hydrocarbons, lipids, exopolysaccharides, and polyhydroxyalkanoates).  The book also provides the knowledge on how to develop safe, more efficient, sustainable, and economical integrated processes for enhanced conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to liquid and gaseous biofuels.  Finally the book describes how to perform the techno-economical and life-cycle assessments of new integrated processes involving extremophiles.  These modeling exercises are critical in addressing any deficiencies associated with the demonstration of an integrated biofuels and value-added products production process at pilot scale as well as demonstration on the commercialization scale. 

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Contributions
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Bioprospecting of Extremophiles for Biotechnology Applications
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks into Bioethanol using Extremophiles
Biobutanol production using Recombinant microorganisms/Extremophiles
Biodiesel from Extremophilic Microalgae
Hydrogen production from lignocellulosic feedstocks using extremophiles
Biogas from Extremophiles
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks into Biogas:Upgrading and Utilization
Bioconversion of Methane for Value Added Products.-Exopolysaccharides Production from Extremophiles:The Chemical Structure and Their Bioactivities
Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production from Renewable and Waste Materials using Extremophiles/Recombinant Microbes
Rewiring Extremophilic Electrocatalytic Processes for Production of Biofuels and Value-added Compounds from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Integrated Consolidated Bioprocessing for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstock to Biofuels and Value-added Bioproducts
Value added products from wastes using extremophiles in biorefineries - Process modelling, simulation and optimization tools
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