Controlling microbial contamination during hydrolysis of AFEX-pretreated corn stover and switchgrass: Effects on hydrolysate composition, microbial response and fermentation

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Serate, Jose ^a   Xie, Dan ^a   Pohlmann, Edward ^a   Donald, Charles ^b   Shabani, Mahboubeh ^b   Hinchman, Li ^a   Higbee, Alan ^a   McGee, Mick ^a   La Reau, Alex ^a   Klinger, Grace E ^a   Li, Sheena ^c   Myers, Chad L ^d   Boone, Charles ^e   Bates, Donna M ^a   Cavalier, Dave ^b   Eilert, Dustin ^a   Oates, Lawrence G ^a   Sanford, Gregg ^a   Sato, Trey K ^a   Dale, Bruce ^b   Landick, Robert ^a   Piotrowski, Jeff ^a   Ong, Rebecca Garlock ^b   Zhang, Yaoping ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass feedstock; Chemical genomics; Fermentation; Inhibitors; Lignocellulosic hydrolysate; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sterility; Zymomonas mobilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CORROSION INHIBITORS; DEGRADATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; GENOMICS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATES; STERILITY; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITOR; STERILITY; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANICUM VIRGATUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZEA MAYS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 84946945011     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0356-2     Document Type: Article

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