Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-12-2016
Publication Title
Biotechnology for Biofuels
Department
Thayer School of Engineering
Abstract
Feedstock recalcitrance is the most important barrier impeding cost-effective production of cellulosic biofuels. Pioneer commercial cellulosic ethanol facilities employ thermochemical pretreatment and addition of fungal cellulase, reflecting the main research emphasis in the field. However, it has been suggested that it may be possible to process cellulosic biomass without thermochemical pretreatment using thermophilic, cellulolytic bacteria. To further explore this idea, we examine the ability of various biocatalysts to solubilize autoclaved but otherwise unpretreated cellulosic biomass under controlled but not industrial conditions.
DOI
10.1186/s13068-015-0412-y
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Paye, Julie M. D.; Guseva, Anna; Hammer, Sarah K.; and Gjersing, Erica, "Biological Lignocellulose Solubilization: Comparative Evaluation of Biocatalysts and Enhancement Via Cotreatment" (2016). Dartmouth Scholarship. 559.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/559
