The enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of reed canary grass, harvested in the spring or autumn, and barley straw were studied. Steam pretreated materials were efficiently hydrolysed by commercial enzymes with a dosage of 10-20FPU/g d.m. Reed canary grass harvested in the spring was hydrolysed more efficiently than the autumn-harvested reed canary grass. Additional β-glucosidase improved the ...

The anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces strain C1A is capable of growth on various types of lignocellulosic substrates, and harbors an impressive reservoir of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes). Using a minimum enzyme cocktail strategy, we constituted a four-component lignocellulolytic cocktail derived from highly transcribed C1A, and evaluated its efficacy against pretreated corn stover and switch...

Starches are one of the most important naturally occurring glucose polymers that are present in plants. They are used as the starting material for the production of a variety of different types of compounds of commercial importance. The usual process is the treatment of starch at an elevated temperature to gelatinize followed by liquefaction by chemicals or by enzymes. Enzymatic liquefaction ha...

Enzymes are bio-active compounds or catalyst that regulates many chemical reactions in living tissues and cells (Prathyusha and Suneetha, 2011). These enzymes have useful applications in paper, fruit and textile industries. Almost 75% of the estimated sale value among industrial enzymes in 1995 has been contributed by pectinases. As a result, Pectinase became one of the futuristic useful enzyme...

Tobacco is the most commonly used plant for expression of transgenes from a variety of organisms, because it is easily grown and transformed, it provides abundant amounts of fresh tissue and has a well-established cell culture system. Many bacterial proteins involved in the synthesis of commercial products are currently engineered for production in tobacco. Bacterial enzymes synthesized in toba...