Effect of lignin content on changes occurring in poplar cellulose ultrastructure during dilute acid pretreatment

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sun, Qining ^a   Foston, Marcus ^b   Meng, Xianzhi ^a   Sawada, Daisuke ^c   Pingali, Sai Venkatesh ^c   O'Neill, Hugh M ^c   Li, Hongjia ^d   Wyman, Charles E ^c,d,e   Langan, Paul ^c   Ragauskas, Art J ^a,c,f   Kumar, Rajeev ^c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of California Riverside   (United States)

^f University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass recalcitrance; Cellulose ultrastructure; Delignification; Dilute acid pretreatment; Enzymatic sugar release; Lignin content

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DELIGNIFICATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIGNIN; MICROSTRUCTURE;

BIOMASS RECALCITRANCES; CELLULOSE ACCESSIBILITIES; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY; DILUTE ACID PRETREATMENT; ENZYMATIC SUGAR RELEASE; LIGNIN CONTENTS; THERMOCHEMICAL PRETREATMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES;

CELLULOSE;

ACID; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL BONDING; DILUTION; LIGNIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE STRUCTURE; LIGNINS; PRETREATMENT;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84988844646     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-014-0150-6     Document Type: Article

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