Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eriksson, Karl-Erik L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1997.
• Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, 57
• Subjects: Biotechnology.; Forest products.; Chemical engineering.; Wood Science & Technology.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

Table of Contents:

• Forest tree biotechnology
• Microorganisms and enzymes involved in the degradation of plant fiber cell walls
• Lignin
• Fungal delignification and biomechanical pulping of wood
• Solving pitch problems in pulp and paper processes by the use of enzymes or fungi
• Reduction of organochlorine compounds in bleach plant effluents
• Hemicellulases in the bleaching of chemical pulps
• Using enzymes in pulp bleaching: Mill applications
• Biotechnology for solving slime problems in the pulp and paper industry.