Pretreatment of wheat straw and conversion of xylose and xylan to ethanol by thermophilic anaerobic bacteria

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Ahring, B K ^a   Jensen, K ^a   Nielsen, P ^a   Bjerre, A B ^a   Schmidt, A S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ethanol production; Hemicellulose solubilization; Lignocellulose; Pretreatment; Xylose

Indexed keywords

FILTRATE; HEMICELLULOSE; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING; SODIUM CARBONATE; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; WET OXIDATION; XYLAN;

BACTERIA; CARBONATES; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FURFURAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAW; XYLOSE;

BIOCONVERSION;

ALCOHOL; FURFURAL; HEMICELLULOSE; SODIUM CARBONATE; XYLAN; XYLOSE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FERMENTATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; STRAW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WHEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030294964     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(96)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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