Impact and prospective of fungal pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enzymatic hydrolysis

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-350

  Tian, Xiao fei ^a,b   Fang, Zhen ^a   Guo, Feng ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bio pre treatment; Bio organosolve process; Green technology; Ligninolytic enzymes; Organic electrolyte solution; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

BIO-ORGANOSOLVE PROCESS; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYMES; ORGANIC ELECTROLYTE; PRE-TREATMENT; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; DEGRADATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

FUNGI;

EID: 84860916869     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.346     Document Type: Review

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