Acid-catalyzed steam pretreatment of lodgepole pine and subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation to ethanol

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 737-746

  Ewanick, Shannon M ^a   Bura, Renata ^a   Saddler, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Ethanol; Lignocellulose; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle (MPB); Separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF); Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF); SO2 catalyzed steam explosion; Softwood

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLYSIS;

LIGNOCELLULOSE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE (MPB); SEPARATE HYDROLYSIS AND FERMENTATION (SHF); SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION (SSF);

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; GALACTAN; GLUCAN; MANNAN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PINE; SACCHARIFICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER VAPOR;

CELLULASE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; PINUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEAM; SULFURIC ACIDS;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 35648977178     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21436     Document Type: Article

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