AUTHOR=Lima Matheus S. , Damasio André R. de L. , Crnkovic Paula M. , Pinto Marcelo R. , da Silva Ana M. , da Silva Jean C. R. , Segato Fernando , de Lucas Rosymar C. , Jorge João A. , Polizeli Maria de L. T. de M. TITLE=Co-cultivation of Aspergillus nidulans Recombinant Strains Produces an Enzymatic Cocktail as Alternative to Alkaline Sugarcane Bagasse Pretreatment JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=7 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00583 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2016.00583 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
Plant materials represent a strategic energy source because they can give rise to sustainable biofuels through the fermentation of their carbohydrates. A clear example of a plant-derived biofuel resource is the sugar cane bagasse exhibiting 60–80% of fermentable sugars in its composition. However, the current methods of plant bioconversion employ severe and harmful chemical/physical pretreatments raising biofuel cost production and environmental degradation. Replacing these methods with co-cultivated enzymatic cocktails is an alternative. Here we propose a pretreatment for sugarcane bagasse using a multi-enzymatic cocktail from the co-cultivation of four