Tom Jeffries' Publications

Fermentation Publications and Patents:

General interest

  1. Gregor, H. P. and T. W. Jeffries. 1979. Ethanolic fuels from renewable resources in the solar age. In: Veith, W.R., V. Venkatsubramanian and A. Constatinides, Biochemical Engineering, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. V. 326:273-287.
  2. Jeffries, T. W., B. S. Montenecourt and D. E. Eveleigh. 1980. The U.S. fuels from biomass program. In Fungal Biotechnology, p. 225-242. J. E. Smith, D. R. Berry, and B. Kristiansen, (eds.) Academic Press, London and New York.10.
  3. Jeffries, T.W. Physical, chemical and biochemical considerations in the biological degradation of wood. In: Kennedy, J.F., Philips, G.O. and Williams, P.A. (Eds.) Wood and Cellulosics: Industrial Utilization, Biotechnology, Structure and Properties. Chichester, West Sussex, England. Ellis Horwood, Limited, 1987. pp. 213-230.
  4. Jeffries, T.W. 1994. Biodegradation of lignin and hemicelluloses. In: C. Ratledge (Ed.) Biochmistry of Microbial Degradation. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp. 233-277.
  5. Jeffries, T.W. and C.P. Kurtzman. 1994. Taxonomy, Genetics, and Strain Selection of Xylose-Fermenting Yeasts. Enz. Microb. Technol. 16:922-932.

Anaerobic digestion

  1. Jeffries, T. W., D. R. Omstead, R. R. Cardaenas, and H. P. Gregor. 1979. Membrane controlled digestion: Effect of ultrafiltration on the anaerobic digestion of glucose. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. No. 8:37-49.
  2. Omstead, D. R., T. W. Jeffries, R. Nawghton, and H. P. Gregor. 1980. Membrane controlled anaerobic digestion for the production and concentration of organic acids. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 10, 247-258.

Xylose fermentation

  1. Jeffries, T. W. 1981. Fermentation of xylulose to ethanol using xylose isomerase and yeast. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 11:315-324.
  2. Jeffries, T. W. 1981. Conversion of xylose to ethanol under aerobic conditions by Candida tropicalis. Biotechnol. Lett. 3(5):213-218.
  3. Jeffries, T. W. 1982. A comparison of Candida tropicalis and Pachysolen tannophilus for conversion of xylose to ethanol. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 12:102-110.
  4. Jeffries, T. W. Utilization of xylose by bacteria yeasts and fungi. In: Fiechter, A. and T. W. Jeffries (Eds.) Pentoses and Lignins. Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol. Vol. 27. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. 1983. pp. 1-32.
  5. Jeffries, T. W. 1983. Effects of nitrate on fermentation of xylose and glucose by Pachysolen tannophilus. Bio/Technology 1(6):503-506.
  6. Fiechter, A. and T. W. Jeffries (eds) Pentoses and Lignins, Biochemical Engineering (Vol 27) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. (1983).
  7. Jeffries, T. W. 1984. Mutants of Pachysolen tannophilus showing enhanced growth on xylitol and ethanol formation from D-xylose. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 6:254-258.
  8. Jeffries, T. W. 1984. Unstable petite and grande variants of Candida shehatae. Biotechnol. Lett. 5:777-782.
  9. Jeffries, T. W., Fady, J. H. and Lightfoot, E. N. 1985. Effect of glucose supplements on the fermentation of xylose by Pachysolen tannophilus. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 27:171-176.
  10. Jeffries, T. W. 1985. Comparison of alternatives for the fermentation of pentoses to ethanol by yeasts. In Lowenstein, M.Z. (Ed.) Energy Applications of Biomass Elsevier, 1985. p. 231-251.
  11. Jeffries, T. W. 1985. Emerging technology for fermenting D-xylose. Trends Biotechnol. 3:208-212.
  12. Jeffries, T. W. 1986. Effects of culture conditions on the fermentation of D-xylose to ethanol by Candida shehatae. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 15:149-166.
  13. Lachke, A. and Jeffries, T. W. 1986. Levels of pentose phosphate pathway enzymes in Pachysolen tannophilus Y-2460 and selected mutants. Enz. Microb. Technol. 8:353-359.
  14. Sreenath, H. K., Chapman, T. W. and Jeffries, T. W. 1986. Ethanol production from D-xylose in batch fermentations with Candida shehatae: Process variables. Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. 24-294-299.
  15. Sreenath, H. K. and Jeffries, T. W. 1987. Batch and membrane-assisted cell recycling in ethanol production by Candida shehatae. Biotechnol. Lett. 9:293-298.
  16. Alexander, M. A., Chapman, T. W. and Jeffries, T. W. 1987. Continuous ethanol production from xylose by Candida shehatae. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 30:685-691.
  17. Prior, B.A., Alexander, M. A. , Yang, V. W. and Jeffries, T. W. 1988. The role of alcohol dehydrogenase in the fermentation of D-xylose by Candida shehatae ATCC 22984. Biotechnol. Lett. 10:37-42.
  18. Jeffries, T. W. and Sreenath, H. K. 1988. Fermentation of hemicellulosic sugars and sugar mixtures by Candida shehatae. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 31:502-506.
  19. Alexander, M. A., Chapman, T. W. and Jeffries, T. W. 1988. Continuous xylose fermentation Candida shehatae in a two-stage reactor. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 17:221-230.
  20. Alexander, M. A., Chapman, T. W. and Jeffries, T. W. 1988. Xylose metabolism by Candida shehatae in continuous culture. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol 28:478-486.
  21. Alexander, M. A., Yang, V. W. and Jeffries, T. W. 1988. Levels of pentose phosphate pathway enzymes from Candida shehatae grown in continuous culture. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 29:282-288.
  22. Jeffries, T.W., Alexander, M.A. and Cullen , D. 1988. Regulation of alcohol dehydrogenase in xylose and glucose fermentations. Chimicaoggi 1988 (10):23-27.
  23. Jeffries, T. W. 1989. Fermentation of xylose and cellobiose. In: Yeasts: Biotechnology and Biocatalysis, H. Verachert and R. Demot (Eds.), Marcel Dekker, Inc. pp. 349-294.
  24. Alexander, M.A., Chapman, T.W. and Jeffries, T.W. 1989. Continuous culture responses of Candida shehatae to shifts in temperature, aeration and dilution: implications for ethanol inhibition Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55: 2152-2154
  25. Alexander, M.A. and Jeffries, T.W. 1990 Respiratory efficiency and metabolite partitioning as regulatory phenomena in yeasts. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 12:2-19.
  26. Jeffries, T.W. and Alexander, M.A. 1990. Production of ethanol from xylose by Candida shehatae grown under continuous or fed-batch conditions. In: T.K. Kirk and H.-M. Chang (eds) Applications of Biotechnology in Pulp and Paper Manufacture Butterworths. pp. 311-321.
  27. Jeffries, T.W., V.Yang, J. Marks, S. Amartey, W.R. Kenealy, J.-Y. Cho, K. Dahn and B.P. Davis. 1993. Development of improved yeasts for Xylose Fermentation. Proceedings of the First biomass Conference of the Americas, Burnington, VT, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 1993.
  28. Amartey, S. and T.W. Jeffries. 1994. Comparison of corn steep liquor with defined nutrients in the fermentation of D-xylose by Pichia stipitis CBS 6054. Biotechnol. Lett. 16:211-214.
  29. Yang, V.W., J.A. Marks, B.P. Davis and T.W. Jeffries. 1994. High efficiency transformation of Pichia stipitis based on its URA3 gene and a homologous autonomous transformation replication sequence, ARS2. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60(12):4245-4254.

Patents and patent applications

  1. Jeffries, T. W. Process for enhanced fermentation of xylose to ethanol. U.S. Patent No. 4,663,284. May 5, 1987.
  2. Jeffries, T.W. and P.L. Livingston. Xylose-fermenting Yeast Mutants. U.S. Patent. No. 5,126,266. June 30, 1992.
  3. Jeffries, T.W., A.C. Grabski and R.N. Patel. Method of removing color from kraft pulp. U.S. Patent No. 5,369,024. Nov 29, 1994.
  4. Jeffries, T.W., J.H. Klungness, M.S. Sykes and K.R. Cropsey. Enzyme enhanced removal of polymeric inks and coatings. U.S. Patent Application. SN/08/183 535. Submitted Jan. 18, 1994
  5. Jeffries, T.W. V.W. Yang, J. Marks and B. Davis. Genetic transformation system for Pichia stipitis. U.S. Patent Application. SN 08/192275. Submitted Jan. 31, 1994.

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