Saccharification and liquefaction of cassava starch: an alternative source for the production of bioethanol using amylolytic enzymes by double fermentation process.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cassava starch is considered as a potential source for the commercial production of bioethanol because of its availability and low market price. It can be used as a basic source to support large-scale biological production of bioethanol using microbial amylases. With the progression and advancement in enzymology, starch liquefying and saccharifying enzymes are preferred for the conversion of complex starch polymer into various valuable metabolites. These hydrolytic enzymes can selectively cleave the internal linkages of starch molecule to produce free glucose which can be utilized to produce bioethanol by microbial fermentation.

Results

In the present study, several filamentous fungi were screened for production of amylases and among them Aspergillus fumigatus KIB

SUBMITTER: Pervez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4048251 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature