A novel biochemical route for fuels and chemicals production from cellulosic biomass.

The conventional biochemical platform featuring enzymatic hydrolysis involves five key steps: pretreatment, cellulase production, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, and product recovery. Sugars are produced as reactive intermediates for subsequent fermentation to fuels and chemicals. Herein, an alt...

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Main Authors: Zhiliang Fan, Weihua Wu, Amanda Hildebrand, Takao Kasuga, Ruifu Zhang, Xiaochao Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3285643?pdf=render