1. Dilute acid pretreatment for enhancing the enzymatic saccharification of agroresidues using a Botrytis ricini endoglucanase
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Tatielle Pereira Silva, Fabiana Sarmento de Albuquerque, Alexsandra Nascimento Ferreira, Dávida Maria Ribeiro Cardoso dos Santos, Thatiane Veríssimo dos Santos, Simoni Margareti Plentz Meneghetti, Marcelo Franco, José Maria Rodrigues da Luz, and Hugo Juarez Vieira Pereira
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Process Chemistry and Technology ,Drug Discovery ,Biomedical Engineering ,Molecular Medicine ,Bioengineering ,General Medicine ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Biotechnology - Abstract
The enormous amount of agroindustrial residues generated in Brazil can be used as biomass to produce fermentable sugars. This study compared the pretreatments with different proportions of dilute acid. The method involved pretreatment with 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5% (v/v) sulfuric acid, followed by hydrolysis using the halotolerant and thermostable endoglucanase from Botrytis ricini URM 5627. The physicochemical characterization of plant biomass was performed using XRD, FTIR, and SEM. The pretreatment significantly increased the production of fermentable sugars following enzymatic saccharification from wheat bran, sugarcane bagasse, and rice husk: 153.67%, 91.98%, and 253.21% increment in sugar production; 36.39 mg⋅g
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- 2022
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