The pretreatment of corn stover with Gloeophyllum trabeum KU-41 for enzymatic hydrolysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pretreatment is an essential step in the enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass for bio-ethanol production. The dominant concern in this step is how to decrease the high cost of pretreatment while achieving a high sugar yield. Fungal pretreatment of biomass was previously reported to be effective, with the advantage of having a low energy requirement and requiring no application of additional chemicals. In this work, Gloeophyllum trabeum KU-41 was chosen for corn stover pretreatment through screening with 40 strains of wood-rot fungi. The objective of the current work is to find out which characteristics of corn stover pretreated with G. trabeum KU-41 determine the pretreatment method to be successful and worthwhile to apply. This will be done by determining the lignin content,

SUBMITTER: Gao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3436736 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature