A review of biological delignification and detoxification methods for lignocellulosic bioethanol production

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 342-354

  Moreno, Antonio D ^a   Ibarra, David ^b   Alvira, Pablo ^c   Tomás Pejó, Elia ^d   Ballesteros, Mercedes ^c  

^a IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodelignification; Biodetoxification; Bioethanol; Biorefinery; Ligninolytic enzymes; Lignocellulose; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; DELIGNIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUNGI; LIGNIN; REFINING;

BIODELIGNIFICATION; BIODETOXIFICATION; BIOREFINERIES; LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYMES; LIGNOCELLULOSE; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

BIOETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; BIOETHANOL; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SUGAR; BIOFUEL;

ADAPTATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COCULTURE; DELIGNIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; DIGESTION; FODDER CROP; FOOD; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOMASS; ENZYMES; FUELS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; LIGNIN;

EID: 84953839415     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.878896     Document Type: Review

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