Conversion of natural cellulosic substrates into fermentable sugar by recombinant fungi strains

Authors
Tahoun, MK Ibrahim, AA
Citation
Mk. Tahoun et Aa. Ibrahim, Conversion of natural cellulosic substrates into fermentable sugar by recombinant fungi strains, Z LEBENSM U, 208(1), 1999, pp. 65-68
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition
Journal title
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR LEBENSMITTEL-UNTERSUCHUNG UND-FORSCHUNG A-FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
14314630 → ACNP
Volume
208
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
65 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
1431-4630(1999)208:1<65:CONCSI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The use of intergeneric recombinant fungi strains for the degradation of na tural cellulosic substrates gave rise to various degrees of hydrolysis rate s. Pretreating crude cellulose with alkaline or dilute acidic catalysts and heating removed the lignocellulosic fraction that is not attacked by micro bial cellulase system, resulting in higher activity values and hydrolysis r ates than when untreated substrates were used. Pretreated wheat straw was t he best substrate, giving higher hydrolysis rates expressed as glucose ml(- 1) min(-1) by recombinant strain 5-3-1 that exeeded other fungi strains inv estigated.