naa a22 4500 510821170 CHVBK 20180411083532.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11814-012-0215-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11814-012-0215-9 Innovative and intensified technology for the biological pretreatment of agro waste for ethanol production [Elektronische Daten] [Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Budhi Ranganathan, Kanchana Chathoth, Sriramulu Gobikrishnan] Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant, renewable resource, but the structural and chemical complexity of biomass acts as a hindrance in its effective utilization for cellulosic ethanol production. Hence, effective pretreatment is always necessary to remove the surrounding matrix of lignin prior to the enzymatic hydrolysis. Pretreatment of rice straw by Pleurotus florida was found to be effective and resulted in 49% lignin degradation, whereas fungus along with grape leaves resulted in 99% lignin degradation. This method not only explores a pathway for utilizing the solid agro waste but also results in a value-added product of edible mushrooms that has proved to be the best pretreatment technology for ethanol production. FTIR and SEM analysis confirmed the structural transformation taking place during the pretreatment. The components of grape leaves were also analyzed using GC-MS. Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, Seoul, Korea, 2013 Lignocellulose nationallicence Pretreatment nationallicence Pleurotus sp nationallicence Rice Straw nationallicence Grape Leaf nationallicence Ravikumar Rajarathinam Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 638 401, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India aut Ranganathan Budhi Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 638 401, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India aut Chathoth Kanchana Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 638 401, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India aut Gobikrishnan Sriramulu Department of Bioenergy and Biomaterial, Chonnam National University, 500-757, Chonnam, Korea aut Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/5(2013-05-01), 1051-1057 0256-1115 30:5<1051 2013 30 11814 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-012-0215-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-012-0215-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ravikumar Rajarathinam Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 638 401, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ranganathan Budhi Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 638 401, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chathoth Kanchana Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 638 401, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gobikrishnan Sriramulu Department of Bioenergy and Biomaterial, Chonnam National University, 500-757, Chonnam, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/5(2013-05-01), 1051-1057 0256-1115 30:5<1051 2013 30 11814 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer