Bioethanol production from Ficus fruits (Ficus cunia) by Fusarium oxysporum through consolidated bioprocessing system.

ABSTRACT: Fusarium oxysporum is among the few filamentous fungi capable of fermenting ethanol directly from lignocellulose biomass (LCB). It has the essential enzymatic toolbox to disintegrate LCB to its monosaccharides, which subsequently fermented to ethanol under anaerobic and micro-aerobic conditions. However, the structural complexity of LCB and modest performances of wild fungi are major limitations for application in local biorefineries. This study assessed the potential of the locally isolated Fusarium oxysporum for the production of bioethanol from Ficus fruits (Ficus cunia) using Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP). The maximum ethanol concentration achieved was at 5% substrate loadings with pH 6 irrespective of temperature variance, attaining a concentration of 3.

SUBMITTER: Nongthombam GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294110 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature