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Vertes A, Qureshi N, Blaschek HP, Hideaki Y (2010) Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies to global industries. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom

 

Research Articles

 

Qureshi N, Dien BS, Liu S, Saha BC, Hector R, Cotta MA, Hughes S (2012) Genetically engineered Escherichia coli FBR5: Part I - Comparison of high cell density bioreactors for enhanced ethanol production from xylose. Biotechnol. Prog. 28:1167-1178

 

Qureshi N, Dien BS, Liu S, Saha BC, Cotta MA, Hughes S, Hector R (2012) Genetically engineered Escherichia coli FBR5: Part II - Ethanol production from xylose and simultaneous product recovery. Biotechnol. Prog. 28:1179-1185

 

Mariano AP, Qureshi N, Filho RM, Ezeji TC (2011) Bioproduction of butanol in bioreactors: New insights from simultaneous in situ butanol recovery to eliminate product toxicity. Biotechnol. & Bioeng. 108:1757-1765

 

Hector RE, Dien BS, Cotta MA, Qureshi N (2011) Engineering industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for xylose fermentation and comparison of performance on switchgrass hydrolysate. J Ind Microbiol & Biotechnol 38:1193-1202

 

Hughes SR, Moser BR, Harmsen AJ, Bischoff KM, Jones MA, Pinkelman R, Bang SS, Tasaki K, Doll KM, Qureshi N, Liu S, Saha BC, Jackson JS, Cotta MA, Rich JO, Caimi P (2011) Production of Candida antarctica Lipase B gene open reading frame using automated PCR gene assembly protocol on robotic workcell and expression in an ethanologenic yeast for use as resin-bound biocatalyst in biodiesel production. Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA). 16:17-37

 

Liu S, Bischoff KM, Hughes SR, Qureshi N, Rich JO (2010) Functional expression of the thiolase gene thl from Clostridium beijerinckii P260 in Lactococcus lactis and Lactobacillus buchneri. New Biotechnol. 27:283-288

 

Qureshi N, Saha BC, Dien B, Hector RE, Cotta MA (2010) Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part I - Use of barley straw hydrolysate. Biomass & Bioenergy 34:559-565

 

Qureshi N, Saha BC, Hector RE, Dien B, Hughes SR, Liu S, Iten L, Bowman MJ, Sarath G, Cotta MA (2010)  Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part II - Use of corn stover and switchgrass  hydrolysates. Biomass & Bioenergy 34:566-571

 

Hughes SR, Rich JO, Bischoff KM, Hector RE, Qureshi N, Saha BC, Dien BS, Liu S, Jackson JS, Sterner DE, Butt TR, LaBaer J, Cotta MA (2009) Automated yeast transformation protocol to engineer Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for improved cellulosic ethanol production with open reading frames that express proteins binding to xylose isomerase identified using a robotic two-hybrid screen. Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA). 14:200-212

 

Hughes SR, Hector RE, Rich JO, Qureshi N, Bischoff KM, Dien BS, Saha BC, Liu S, Cox EJ, Jackson JS Jr, Sterner DE, Butt TR, LaBaer J, Cotta MA (2009) Automated yeast mating protocol using open reading frames from Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome to improve yeast strains for cellulosic ethanol production. full-genome library to produce ethanologenic strains capable of fully anaerobic growth on xylose. Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA). 14:190-199

 

Hughes SR, Sterner DE, Bischoff KM, Hector RE, Dowd PF, Qureshi N, Bang SS, Grynavyski N, Chakrabarty T, Johnson ET, Dien BS, Mertens JA, Caughey RJ, Liu S, Butt TR, Labaer J, Cotta MA, Rich JO (2009) Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for improved xylose utilization with a three-plasmid SUMO yeast expression system. Plasmid Journal 61: 22-38

 

Qureshi N (2009) Beneficial biofilms: Wastewater and other industrial applications. Chapter in: Biofilms in the food and beverage industries (Eds. Faratamico P, Annous B, Gunther J). Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK . 474-498

 

Qureshi N (2009) Solvent production. Chapter in: Encyclopedia of Microbiology (Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom) 512-528

 

Hector RE, Qureshi N, Hughes SR, Cotta MA (2008) Expression of heterologous xylose transporter in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain engineered to utilize xylose improves aerobic xylose co-consumption in the presence of glucose. Appl. Microbiol. & Biotechnol.  80:675-684

 

Qureshi N, Ezeji TC (2008) Butanol "A superior biofuel" production from agricultural residues (renewable biomass): Recent progress in technology. Biofuel, Bioproducts & Biorefining (Biofpr) 2(4):319-330

 

Qureshi N, Saha BC, Hector RE, Cotta MA (2008) Removal of fermentation inhibitors from alkaline peroxide pretreated and enzymatically hydrolyzed wheat straw: Production of butanol using Clostridium beijerinckii in batch reactors. Biomass & Bioenergy 32:1353-1358

 

Hector RE, Qureshi N, Hughes SR, Cotta MA (2008) Expression of heterologous xylose transporter in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain engineered to utilize xylose improves aerobic xylose co-consumption in the presence of glucose. Appl. Microbiol. & Biotechnol. 80:675-684

 

Qureshi N, Saha BC, Hector RE, Hughes SR, Cotta MA (2008) Butanol production from wheat straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using Clostridium beijerinckii: Part I - Batch fermentation. Biomass & Bioenergy 32:168-175

 

Qureshi N, Saha BC, Cotta MA (2008) Butanol production from wheat straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using Clostridium beijerinckii: Part II - Fed-batch fermentation. Biomass & Bioenergy 32:176-183

 

Ezeji TC, Qureshi N, Blaschek HP (2007) Butanol production from agricultural residues: Impact of degradation products on Clostridium beijerinckii growth and butanol fermentation. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 97 (6):1460-1469