Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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681703 | Bioresource Technology | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Seventeen Cyathus stercoreus isolates were tested for their ability to treat rice straw for improved enzymatic saccharification. These isolates showed a negative correlation between cellulase and xylanase activity and enzymatic saccharification yields. Incubation of rice straw pretreated at 60 °C for 15 min with strain C. stercoreus TY-2 for 25 days resulted in an enzymatic saccharification yield of 57% as compared to a yield of 11% for the same straw in the absence of the fungus. These findings highlight the potential of this isolate for biological pretreatment of rice straw under conditions of low energy input.
► 17 newly isolated Cyathus stercoreus strains were screened for their ability to improve saccharification of rice straw. ► The best strain TY-2 increased the enzymatic saccharification yield up to 57%. ► Enzymatic saccharification yields and cellulase and xylanase activities exhibited negative correlations.