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1. Biocatalysts : global market, industrial applications, aspects of biotransformation design, and societal challenges / Peter Grunwald -- 2. Making use of newly discovered enzymes and pathways : reaction and process development strategies for synthetic applications with recombinant whole-cell biocatalysts and metabolically engineered production strains / Daniel Meyer, Joerg Martin Buescher, and Juergen Eck -- 3. Directed evolution of enzymes for industrial biocatalysis / Youyun Liang, Ee Lui Ang, and Huimin Zhao -- 4. Strategies to overcome stability constraints in enzyme evolution and facilitate effective enzyme engineering / Stephane Emond, Raymond D. Socha, and Nobuhiko Tokuriki -- 5. Production of functional isoprenoids through pathway engineering / Jun-ichiro Hattan and Norihiko Misawa -- 6. Metabolic engineering for the biobased conversion of CO2 to biofuels / Jordan McEwen and Shota Atsumi -- 7. Mixed microbial cultures for industrial biotechnology : success, chance, and challenges / Wael Sabra and An-Ping Zeng -- 8. Extremophiles and their use in biofuel synthesis / Eldie Berger, Eloy Ferreras, Mark P. Taylor, and Don A. Cowan -- 9. Industrial applications of halophilic microorganisms / Aharon Oren -- 10. Non-pathogenic pseudomonas as platform for industrial biocatalysis / Till Tiso, Nick Wierckx, and Lars M. Blank -- 11. Use of corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of high-value chemicals from new carbon sources / Petra Peters-Wendisch and Volker F. Wendisch -- 12. Applications of enzymes in industrial biodiesel production / Jesper Brask, David Cowan, and Per Munk Nielsen -- 13. Promiscuous biocatalysts : applications for synthesis from laboratory to industrial scale / Qi Wu and Xian-Fu Lin -- 14. Micromagnetic porous and non-porous biocatalyst carriers / Julia Stolarow, Berna Ger?e, Christoph Syldatk, Ivana Magario, Christian Morhardt, Matthias Franzreb, and Rudolf Hausmann -- 15. Robust enzyme preparations for industrial application / Oliver Thum, Frank Hellmers, and Marion Ansorge-Schumacher -- 16. Hydrolases in non-conventional media : implications for industrial biocatalysis / Veronika Stepankova, Jiri Damborsky, and Radka Chaloupkova -- 17. Ene-reductases from cyanobacteria for industrial biocatalysis / Yilei Fu, Kathrin Castiglione, and Dirk Weuster-Botz -- 18. Cytochrome P450 biocatalysts : current applications and future prospects / Santosh Kumar -- 19. Laccases : green biocatalysts for greener applications / Susana Rodr?guez-Couto -- 20. Lipase-catalyzed epoxidation of fatty compounds and alkenes / Fabian Haitz, Steffen Rupp, Thomas Hirth, and Susanne Zibek -- 21. Synthetic potential of dihydroxyacetone-utilizing aldolases / Anne K. Samland and Georg A. Sprenger -- 22. The hydantoinase process : recent developments for the production of non-canonical amino acids / Ulrike Engel, Jens Rudat, and Christoph Syldatk -- 23. Biotechnological approaches to dipeptide production / Martin Krehenbrink, Ahmed Sallam, and Alexander Steinb?chel -- 24. Synthetic enzyme cascades for valuable diols and amino alcohols : smart composition and optimization strategies / Torsten Sehl, Justyna Kulig, Robert Westphal, and D?rte Rother -- 25. Metabolic engineering for the biosynthesis of longevity molecules rapamycin and resveratrol / Victor M. Ye and Sujata K. Bhatia -- 26. Detergent proteases / Karl-Heinz Maurer -- 27. Industrial starch processing / J?zef Synowiecki, Anna Panek, and Olga Pietrow -- 28. Algae : a rich source of energy and high-value products / Peter Grunwald -- 29. Enzyme-catalysed processes in a potential algal biorefinery / Bhavish Patel, Pongsathorn Dechatiwongse, and Klaus Hellgardt -- 30. Biocatalytic synthesis of polymers : a contribution to green chemistry / Karla A. Barrera-Rivera and Antonio Martinez-Richa -- 31. Bio-based chemicals and materials / Peter Grunwald.