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Pretreatment optimization of the biomass of Microcystis aeruginosa for efficient bioethanol production
Get PDFUtilization of lipid-extracted biomass (LEB) to improve the economic feasibility of biodiesel production from green microalgae
No full textLipid production by the filamentous cyanobacterium Limnothrix sp. growing in synthetic wastewater in suspended- and attached-growth photobioreactor systems
No full textAddressing the challenges for sustainable production of algal biofuels: II. Harvesting and conversion to biofuels
No full textMicrobial Glycoside Hydrolases for Biomass Utilization in Biofuels Applications
No full textRenewable biomass is predicted to have the potential to meet at least a quarter of the world demand for transportation fuel, but to do so both terrestrial lignocellulosic as well as marine algal resources need to be efficiently utilized. In the processes where these biomasses are converted into different types of energy carriers (for example fuel-alcohols e.g. ethanol or butanol) microbial glycoside hydrolases (GHs) have a role in the saccharification process. During saccharification polymeric carbohydrate resources (e.g. starch, cellulose or hemicellulose) are hydrolyzed into mono and oligosaccharides that can be utilized by the organism selected to ferment these carbohydrates into the desired energy-carrier. This chapter aims to shed light on different processing alternatives for the conversion of lignocellulose or algal starch into mono or oligosaccharides, and what roles the microbial GHs have as processing aids in these conversions
