Pretreatment of bamboo residues with Coriolus versicolor for enzymatic hydrolysis.

Zhang X, Xu C, Wang H.

College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China. zhangxiaoyu@mail.hust.edu.cn

Abstract

Pretreatment by a white-rot fungus Coriolus versicolor B1 under different conditions and saccharification of bamboo were investigated. The saccharification rate was significantly enhanced and a maximum saccharification rate of 37.0% was achieved after pretreatment. Reducing sugars yield was 223.2 mg/g of bamboo residues, which was 2.34 times that of the raw material. It was feasible to treat bamboo residues with B1 for the saccharification of bamboo.

PMID: 17884661 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]Free Article

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17884661