scholarly journals Current challenges on the production and use of cellulolytic enzymes in the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

Author(s):  
Camila Florencio ◽  
Alberto C. Badino ◽  
Cristiane S. Farinas
2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-377
Author(s):  
Teodor Vintila ◽  
Vasile Daniel Gherman ◽  
Nicolae Popa ◽  
Dumitru Popescu ◽  
Carmen Buzatu ◽  
...  

Agricultural lignocellulosic biomass is regarded as an important source of biofuels, especially bioethanol and biohydrogen. The following aspects have been studied: the effect of type of substrate used in production of cellulolytic enzymes, the activity of several enzymatic cocktails used to hydrolyse three types of agricultural biomass and the influence of provenience of enzymatic cocktails on sugars yields in the hydrolysis process. Fungi investigated in this study (T. longibrachiatum DSM 769) release higher titter of enzymes when raw, unpretreated agriculture residual biomass is used as substrate and inducer for biosynthesis of cellulolytic enzymes. Cellulolytic enzymes produced in culture media containing a certain type of agricultural lignocellulosic biomass as substrate, can be used in hydrolysis of other types of agricultural lignocellulosic biomass with similar sugar yields. Cellulases produced in culture media containing purified crystalline cellulose as substrate does not contain all necessary types of enzymes to hydrolyze lignocellulosic complex from agricultural biomass to produce high yields of sugars. On-site production of cellulases can be an effective approach biorefinery of lignocellulose to produce biofuels or other biochemicals by fermentation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 98 (12) ◽  
pp. 5765-5774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaping Shang ◽  
Rongxin Su ◽  
Renliang Huang ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Wei Qi ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiranjeevi Thulluri ◽  
Ravi Balasubramaniam ◽  
Harshad Ravindra Velankar

AbstractCellulolytic enzymes can readily access the cellulosic component of lignocellulosic biomass after the removal of lignin during biomass pretreatment. The enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose is necessary for generating monomeric sugars, which are then fermented into ethanol. In our study, a combination of a deep eutectic (DE) mixture (of 2-aminoethanol and tetra-n-butyl ammonium bromide) and a cyclic ether (tetrahydrofuran) was used for selective delignification of rice straw (RS) under mild conditions (100 °C). Pretreatment with DE-THF solvent system caused ~ 46% delignification whereas cellulose (~ 91%) and hemicellulose (~ 67%) recoveries remained higher. The new solvent system could be reused upto 10 subsequent cycles with the same effectivity. Interestingly, the DE-THF pretreated cellulose showed remarkable enzymatic hydrolysability, despite an increase in its crystallinity to 72.3%. Contrary to conventional pretreatments, we report for the first time that the enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated cellulose is enhanced by the removal of lignin during DE-THF pretreatment, notwithstanding an increase in its crystallinity. The current study paves way for the development of newer strategies for biomass depolymerization with DES based solvents.


1992 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ropars ◽  
R. Marchal ◽  
J. Pourquié ◽  
J.P. Vandecasteele

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