Products from agricultural, forestry and industrial processes, and their waste streams, and also food processing wastes are significantly underutilized sources for production of food, feed, fuel, chemicals and materials. The state-of-the-art of new knowledge translating to practical applications with emphasis on the carbohydrate reactions with enzymes and microbial catalysts is reviewed. The complex aspects of the emerging bio-industry, emphasize sustainable cellulosic biofuels and co-products, as exemplified in integrated biorefineries, and by the grand challenges, realities, and opportunities presented going forward. Real world, current day practices and academic world, knowledge-building technologies are woven together in this mosaic. The topic is important, timely, complex and controversial.  Is it �food or fuel�? �food and fuel�?  or �food and feed and chemicals and materials and energy�?

Carbohydrate-mediated integrated biorefineries: Optimizing our use of biomass to help address the resource needs of a burgeoning global population

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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