Lignocellulose Conversion

Enzymatic and Microbial Tools for Bioethanol Production

Lignocellulose Conversion

Enzymatic and Microbial Tools for Bioethanol Production

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Bioethanol has been recognized as a potential alternative to petroleum-derived transportation fuels. Even if cellulosic biomass is less expensive than corn and sugarcane, the higher costs for its conversion make the near-term price of cellulosic ethanol higher than that of corn ethanol and even more than that of sugarcane ethanol. Conventional process for bioethanol production from lignocellulose includes a chemical/physical pre-treatment of lignocellulose for lignin removal, mostly based on auto hydrolysis and acid hydrolysis, followed by saccharification of the free accessible cellulose portions of the biomass. The highest yields of fermentable sugars from cellulose portion are achieved by means of enzymatic hydrolysis, currently carried out using a mix of cellulases from the fungus Trichoderma reesei. Reduction of (hemi)cellulases production costs is strongly required to increase competitiveness of second generation bioethanol production. The final step is the fermentation of sugars obtained from saccharification, typically performed by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The current process is optimized for 6-carbon sugars fermentation, since most of yeasts cannot ferment 5-carbon sugars. Thus, research is aimed at exploring new engineered yeasts abilities to co-ferment 5- and 6-carbon sugars. Among the main routes to advance cellulosic ethanol, consolidate bio-processing, namely direct conversion of biomass into ethanol by a genetically modified microbes, holds tremendous potential to reduce ethanol production costs. Finally, the use of all the components of lignocellulose to produce a large spectra of biobased products is another challenge for further improving competitiveness of second generation bioethanol production, developing a biorefinery.

Introduction: Potential of Cellulosic Ethanol
Sources for Lignocellulosic Raw Materials for the Production of Ethanol
The Pretreatment Step in Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion: Current Systems and New Biological Systems
The Saccharification Step: Trichoderma Reesei Cellulase Hyper Producer Strains
The Saccharification Step: the Main Enzymatic Components
Extremophilic (Hemi)cellulolytic Microorganisms and Enzymes
The Alcohol Fermentation Step: the Most Common Ethanologenic Microorganisms Among Yeasts, Bacteria and Filamentous Fungi
Other Ethanologenic Microorganisms
Consolidated Bioprocessing for Improving Cellulosic Ethanol Production.

ISBN 978-3-642-44260-5
Artikelnummer 9783642442605
Medientyp Buch
Auflage Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Copyrightjahr 2015
Verlag Springer, Berlin
Umfang X, 199 Seiten
Abbildungen X, 199 p. 8 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Sprache Englisch