Economic biofuel production requires high sugar yields during biomass pretreatment, however, the chemical and structural features of biomass can be obstructive toward efficient xylose hydrolysis. Here ...

The comprehensive utilization of whole components of biomass is an important strategy for improving the economics of biomass energy. In this work, three kinds of acid hydrolysis residues (AHRs) ...

Here, scientists found a microbial community finely adapted to digesting plant biomass. Within it was CelOCE, a powerful catalyst that wasn’t engineered in a lab but shaped by nature over time.

Acid hydrolysis of the nine agro-wastes substrates showed jackfruit seed powder (2%) as a promising substrate and supported maximum PHB production of 8.03 g/L and 51.7% PHA accumulation in 48 h in a N ...

In these samples, we identified a microbial community highly specialized in the degradation of plant biomass, using a multidisciplinary approach that included metagenomics, proteomics, carbohydrate ...