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Mohammadi M, Alian M, Dale B, Ubanwa B, Balan V. Multifaced application of AFEX-pretreated biomass in producing second-generation biofuels, ruminant animal feed, and value-added bioproducts. Biotechnol Adv 2024; 72:108341. [PMID: 38499256 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Lignocellulosic biomass holds a crucial position in the prospective bio-based economy, serving as a sustainable and renewable source for a variety of bio-based products. These products play a vital role in displacing fossil fuels and contributing to environmental well-being. However, the inherent recalcitrance of biomass poses a significant obstacle to the efficient access of sugar polymers. Consequently, the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars remains a prominent challenge in biorefinery processes to produce biofuels and biochemicals. In addressing these challenges, extensive efforts have been dedicated to mitigating biomass recalcitrance through diverse pretreatment methods. One noteworthy process is Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) pretreatment, characterized by its dry-to-dry nature and minimal water usage. The volatile ammonia, acting as a catalyst in the process, is recyclable. AFEX contributes to cleaning biomass ester linkages and facilitating the opening of cell wall structures, enhancing enzyme accessibility and leading to a fivefold increase in sugar conversion compared to untreated biomass. Over the last decade, AFEX has demonstrated substantial success in augmenting the efficiency of biomass conversion processes. This success has unlocked the potential for sustainable and economically viable biorefineries. This paper offers a comprehensive review of studies focusing on the utilization of AFEX-pretreated biomass in the production of second-generation biofuels, ruminant feed, and additional value-added bioproducts like enzymes, lipids, proteins, and mushrooms. It delves into the details of the AFEX pretreatment process at both laboratory and pilot scales, elucidates the mechanism of action, and underscores the role of AFEX in the biorefinery for developing biofuels and bioproducts, and nutritious ruminant animal feed production. While highlighting the strides made, the paper also addresses current challenges in the commercialization of AFEX pretreatment within biorefineries. Furthermore, it outlines critical considerations that must be addressed to overcome these challenges, ensuring the continued progress and widespread adoption of AFEX in advancing sustainable and economically viable bio-based industries.
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- Maedeh Mohammadi
- Department of Engineering Technology, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Sugarland, TX 77479, USA
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- Department of Engineering Technology, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Sugarland, TX 77479, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Engineering Technology, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Sugarland, TX 77479, USA
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- Department of Engineering Technology, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Sugarland, TX 77479, USA.
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Pérez-Pimienta JA, Castillo-Preciado DJ, González-Álvarez V, Méndez-Acosta HO. Optimization of cost-effective enzymatic saccharification using low-cost protic ionic liquid as pretreatment agent in Agave bagasse. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024; 175:204-214. [PMID: 38218091 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2024.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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This work studied the optimization of enzymatic saccharification of Agave tequilana bagasse (ATB) pretreated with the low-cost protic ionic liquid (PIL) ethanolamine acetate ([EOA][OAc]) using the highly available and cost-effective mixture of the enzymatic cocktails Celluclast 1.5L-Viscozyme L. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to maximize the sugars concentration and yield. The RSM optimization conditions of the enzymatic saccharification of pretreated ATB that achieved the maximum reducing sugars (RS) concentration were: 11.50 % w/v solids loading, 4.26 pH with 0.76 and 1.86 mg protein/mL buffer of Viscozyme L and Celluclast 1.5L, respectively. Similarly, the conditions that maximize the sugar yield (SY) were solids loading of 5.62 % w/v, and 4.51 pH as well as 1.07 and 2.03 mg protein/mL buffer of Viscozyme L and Celluclast 1.5L, respectively. Saccharification performance of the first-generation and low-cost enzyme mixture Celluclast 1.5L-Viscozyme L was compared with that reached by a second-generation and higher-cost CTec2, where Celluclast 1.5L-Viscozyme L achieved 60.86 ± 2.66 % y 79.25 ± 3.34 % of the sugars released by CTec2 at the same hydrolysis time (12 h) for the sugar concentration and yield models, respectively. These results are encouraging since they positively contribute to cost reduction and availability issues, which are key parameters to consider when thinking about scaling-up the process.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
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Sun W, Zhang Z, Li X, Lu X, Liu G, Qin Y, Zhao J, Qu Y. Production of single cell protein from brewer's spent grain through enzymatic saccharification and fermentation enhanced by ammoniation pretreatment. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 394:130242. [PMID: 38145760 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.130242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Brewer's spent grain (BSG) is a major low-value by-product of beer industry. To realize the high value application of BSG, this work proposed a strategy to produce single cell protein (SCP) with oligosaccharide prebiotics from BSG, via ammoniation pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation. The optimum conditions of ammoniation pretreatment obtained by response surface method were 11 % ammonia dosage (w/w), 63 °C for 26 h. Suitable enzyme and yeast were screened to enhance the conversion of cellulose and hemicellulose in BSG into sugars and maximize the SCP yield. It was shown that using lignocellulolytic enzyme SP from Penicillium oxalicum and Trichosporon cutaneum, about 310 g of SCP with 80 g of arabinoxylo-oligosaccharides were obtained from 1000 g of BSG. This process is low cost, high efficiency, and easy to implement, which has good industrial application prospects.
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- Wan Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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Pérez-López AV, Lim SD, Cushman JC. Tissue succulence in plants: Carrying water for climate change. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 289:154081. [PMID: 37703768 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Tissue succulence in plants involves the storage of water in one or more organs or tissues to assist in maintaining water potentials on daily or seasonal time scales. This drought-avoidance or drought-resistance strategy allows plants to occupy diverse environments including arid regions, regions with rocky soils, epiphytic habitats, and saline soils. Climate-resilient strategies are of increasing interest in the context of the global climate crisis, which is leading to hotter and drier conditions in many regions throughout the globe. Here, we describe a short history of succulent plants, the basic concepts of tissue succulence, the anatomical diversity of succulent morphologies and associated adaptive traits, the evolutionary, phylogenetic, and biogeographical diversity of succulent plants, extinction risks to succulents due to poaching from their natural environments, and the myriad uses and applications of economically important succulent species and the products derived from them. Lastly, we discuss current prospects for engineering tissue succulence to improve salinity and drought tolerance in crops.
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- Arely V Pérez-López
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557-0330, USA.
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- Department of Plant Life and Resource Science, Sangji University, Gangwon-do, 26339, South Korea.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557-0330, USA.
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Pendse DS, Deshmukh M, Pande A. Different pre-treatments and kinetic models for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: A review. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16604. [PMID: 37260877 PMCID: PMC10227349 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Lignocellulosic biomass is the generally explored substrate to produce bioethanol for environmental sustainability due to its availability in abundance. However, the complex network of cellulose-hemicellulose-lignin present in it makes its hydrolysis as a challenging task. To boost the effectiveness of conversion, biomass is pre-treated before enzymatic hydrolysis to alter or destroy its original composition. Enzymes like Cellulases are widely used for breaking down cellulose into fermentable sugars. Enzymatic hydrolysis is a complex process involving many influencing factors such as pH, temperature, substrate concentration. This review presents major four pre-treatment methods used for hydrolysing different substrates under varied reaction conditions along with their mechanism and limitations. A relative comparison of data analysis for most widely studied 10 kinetic models is briefly explained in terms of substrates used to get the brief insight about hydrolysis rates. The summary of pre-treatment methods and hydrolysis rates including cellulase enzyme kinetics will be the value addition for upcoming researchers for optimising the hydrolysis process.
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- Dhanashri S Pendse
- Research Scholar, School of Chemical Engineering, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, 411038, India
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- School of Petroleum Engineering, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, 411038, India
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- School of Petroleum Engineering, Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, 411038, India
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Water-soluble saponins accumulate in drought-stressed switchgrass and may inhibit yeast growth during bioethanol production. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022; 15:116. [PMID: 36310161 PMCID: PMC9620613 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02213-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Developing economically viable pathways to produce renewable energy has become an important research theme in recent years. Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising feedstock that can be converted into second-generation biofuels and bioproducts. Global warming has adversely affected climate change causing many environmental changes that have impacted earth surface temperature and rainfall patterns. Recent research has shown that environmental growth conditions altered the composition of drought-stressed switchgrass and directly influenced the extent of biomass conversion to fuels by completely inhibiting yeast growth during fermentation. Our goal in this project was to find a way to overcome the microbial inhibition and characterize specific compounds that led to this inhibition. Additionally, we also determined if these microbial inhibitors were plant-generated compounds, by-products of the pretreatment process, or a combination of both. RESULTS Switchgrass harvested in drought (2012) and non-drought (2010) years were pretreated using Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX). Untreated and AFEX processed samples were then extracted using solvents (i.e., water, ethanol, and ethyl acetate) to selectively remove potential inhibitory compounds and determine whether pretreatment affects the inhibition. High solids loading enzymatic hydrolysis was performed on all samples, followed by fermentation using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Fermentation rate, cell growth, sugar consumption, and ethanol production were used to evaluate fermentation performance. We found that water extraction of drought-year switchgrass before AFEX pretreatment reduced the inhibition of yeast fermentation. The extracts were analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to detect compounds enriched in the extracted fractions. Saponins, a class of plant-generated triterpene or steroidal glycosides, were found to be significantly more abundant in the water extracts from drought-year (inhibitory) switchgrass. The inhibitory nature of the saponins in switchgrass hydrolysate was validated by spiking commercially available saponin standard (protodioscin) in non-inhibitory switchgrass hydrolysate harvested in normal year. CONCLUSIONS Adding a water extraction step prior to AFEX-pretreatment of drought-stressed switchgrass effectively overcame inhibition of yeast growth during bioethanol production. Saponins appear to be generated by the plant as a response to drought as they were significantly more abundant in the drought-stressed switchgrass water extracts and may contribute toward yeast inhibition in drought-stressed switchgrass hydrolysates.
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Drzymała-Kapinos K, Mirończuk AM, Dobrowolski A. Lipid production from lignocellulosic biomass using an engineered Yarrowia lipolytica strain. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:226. [PMID: 36307797 PMCID: PMC9617373 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01951-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The utilization of industrial wastes as feedstock in microbial-based processes is a one of the high-potential approach for the development of sustainable, environmentally beneficial and valuable bioproduction, inter alia, lipids. Rye straw hydrolysate, a possible renewable carbon source for bioconversion, contains a large amount of xylose, inaccessible to the wild-type Yarrowia lipolytica strains. Although these oleaginous yeasts possesses all crucial genes for xylose utilization, it is necessary to induce their metabolic pathway for efficient growth on xylose and mixed sugars from agricultural wastes. Either way, biotechnological production of single cell oils (SCO) from lignocellulosic hydrolysate requires yeast genome modification or adaptation to a suboptimal environment. RESULTS The presented Y. lipolytica strain was developed using minimal genome modification-overexpression of endogenous xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) and xylulose kinase (XK) genes was sufficient to allow yeast to grow on xylose as a sole carbon source. Diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGA1) expression remained stable and provided lipid overproduction. Obtained an engineered Y. lipolytica strain produced 5.51 g/L biomass and 2.19 g/L lipids from nitrogen-supplemented rye straw hydrolysate, which represents an increase of 64% and an almost 10 times higher level, respectively, compared to the wild type (WT) strain. Glucose and xylose were depleted after 120 h of fermentation. No increase in byproducts such as xylitol was observed. CONCLUSIONS Xylose-rich rye straw hydrolysate was exploited efficiently for the benefit of production of lipids. This study indicates that it is possible to fine-tune a newly strain with as minimally genetic changes as possible by adjusting to an unfavorable environment, thus limiting multi-level genome modification. It is documented here the use of Y. lipolytica as a microbial cell factory for lipid synthesis from rye straw hydrolysate as a low-cost feedstock.
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- Katarzyna Drzymała-Kapinos
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 37 Chełmońskiego Street, 51-630, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 37 Chełmońskiego Street, 51-630, Wrocław, Poland.,Laboratory for Biosustainability, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 37 Chełmońskiego Street, 51-630, Wrocław, Poland. .,Laboratory for Biosustainability, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
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Chandel H, Kumar P, Chandel AK, Verma ML. Biotechnological advances in biomass pretreatment for bio-renewable production through nanotechnological intervention. BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY 2022; 14:1-23. [PMID: 35529175 PMCID: PMC9064403 DOI: 10.1007/s13399-022-02746-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Globally, the fossil fuel reserves are depleting rapidly and the escalating fuel prices as well as plethora of the pollutants released from the emission of burning fossil fuels cause global warming that massively disturb the ecological balance. Moreover, the unnecessary utilization of non-renewable energy sources is a genuine hazard to nature and economic stability, which demands an alternative renewable source of energy. The lignocellulosic biomass is the pillar of renewable sources of energy. Different conventional pretreatment methods of lignocellulosic feedstocks have employed for biofuel production. However, these pretreatments are associated with disadvantages such as high cost of chemical substances, high load of organic catalysts or mechanical equipment, time consuming, and production of toxic inhibitors causing the environmental pollution. Nanotechnology has shown the promised biorefinery results by overcoming the disadvantages associated with the conventional pretreatments. Recyclability of nanomaterials offers cost effective and economically viable biorefineries processes. Lignolytic and saccharolytic enzymes have immobilized onto/into the nanomaterials for the higher biocatalyst loading due to their inherent properties of high surface area to volume ratios. Nanobiocatalyst enhance the hydrolyzing process of pretreated biomass by their high penetration into the cell wall to disintegrate the complex carbohydrates for the release of high amounts of sugars towards biofuel and various by-products production. Different nanotechnological routes provide cost-effective bioenergy production from the rich repertoires of the forest and agricultural-based lignocellulosic biomass. In this article, a critical survey of diverse biomass pretreatment methods and the nanotechnological interventions for opening up the biomass structure has been carried out.
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- Heena Chandel
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology Una, Himachal Pradesh, 177209 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology Una, Himachal Pradesh, 177209 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São, Paulo-12.602.810, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology Una, Himachal Pradesh, 177209 India
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Morales‐Huerta JC, Hernández‐Meléndez O, Garcés‐Sandoval FI, Montiel C, Hernández‐Luna MG, Manero O, Bárzana E, Vivaldo‐Lima E. Modeling of Pretreatment and Combined Alkaline and Enzymatic Hydrolyses of Blue Agave Bagasse in Corotating Twin‐screw Extruders. MACROMOL REACT ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/mren.202100059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Juan Carlos Morales‐Huerta
- Facultad de Química Departamento de Ingeniería Química Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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- Facultad de Química Departamento de Ingeniería Química Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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- Facultad de Química Departamento de Ingeniería Química Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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- Facultad de Química Departamento de Ingeniería Química Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
- Facultad de Química Departamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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- Facultad de Química Departamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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- Facultad de Química Departamento de Ingeniería Química Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México CU México City 04510 México
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Dong H, Sousa LDC, Ubanwa B, Jones AD, Balan V. A New Method to Overcome Carboxyamide Formation During AFEX Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass. Front Chem 2022; 9:826625. [PMID: 35127657 PMCID: PMC8814328 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.826625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) in the plant cell wall are responsible for providing resistance against biomass-degrading enzymes produced by microorganisms. Four major types of lignin-carbohydrate bonds are reported in the literature, namely, benzyl ethers, benzyl esters, phenyl glycosides, and acetyl ester linkages. Ester’s linkages in the plant cell wall are labile to alkaline pretreatments, such as ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX), which uses liquid or gaseous ammonia to cleave those linkages in the plant cell wall and reduce biomass recalcitrance. Two competing reactions, notably hydrolysis and ammonolysis, take place during AFEX pretreatment process, producing different aliphatic and aromatic acids, as well as their amide counterparts. AFEX pretreated grasses and agricultural residues are known to increase conversion of biomass to sugars by four- to five-fold when subjected to commercial enzyme hydrolysis, yielding a sustainable feedstock for producing biofuels, biomaterials, and animal feed. Animal feed trials on dairy cows have demonstrated a 27% increase in milk production when compared to a control feedstock. However, the presence of carboxamides in feedstocks could promote neurotoxicity in animals if consumed beyond a certain concentration. Thus, there is the need to overcome regulatory hurdles associated with commercializing AFEX pretreated biomass as animal feed in the United States. This manuscript demonstrates a modified pretreatment for increasing the digestibility of industrial byproducts such as Brewer’s spent grains (BSG) and high-fiber meal (HFM) produced from BSG and dry distillers grains with soluble (DDGS), while avoiding the production of carboxamides. The three industrial byproducts were first treated with calculated amounts of alkali such as NaOH, Ca(OH)2, or KOH followed by AFEX pretreatment. We found that 4% alkali was able to de-esterify BSG and DDGS more efficiently than using 2% alkali at both 10 and 20% solids loading. AFEX pretreatment of de-esterified BSG, HFM, and DDGS produced twofold higher glucan conversion than respective untreated biomass. This new discovery can help overcome potential regulatory issues associated with the presence of carboxamides in ammonia-pretreated animal feeds and is expected to benefit several farmers around the world.
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- Hui Dong
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology, University of Houston, Sugarland, TX, United States
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, United States
- Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology, University of Houston, Sugarland, TX, United States
- *Correspondence: Venkatesh Balan,
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Ashokkumar V, Venkatkarthick R, Jayashree S, Chuetor S, Dharmaraj S, Kumar G, Chen WH, Ngamcharussrivichai C. Recent advances in lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels and value-added bioproducts - A critical review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 344:126195. [PMID: 34710596 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lignocellulosic biomass is a highly renewable, economical, and carbon-neutral feedstock containing sugar-rich moieties that can be processed to produce second-generation biofuels and bio-sourced compounds. However, due to their heterogeneous multi-scale structure, the lignocellulosic materials have major limitations to valorization and exhibit recalcitrance to saccharification or hydrolysis by enzymes. In this context, this review focuses on the latest methods available and state-of-the-art technologies in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, which aids the disintegration of the complex materials into monomeric units. In addition, this review deals with the genetic engineering techniques to develop advanced strategies for fermentation processes or microbial cell factories to generate desired products in native or modified hosts. Further, it also intends to bridge the gap in developing various economically feasible lignocellulosic products and chemicals using biorefining technologies.
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- Veeramuthu Ashokkumar
- Center of Excellence in Catalysis for Bioenergy and Renewable Chemicals (CBRC), Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600086, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Academy of Maritime Education and Training [AMET] (Deemed to be University), Chennai 603112, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Box 8600 Forus, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan
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- Center of Excellence in Catalysis for Bioenergy and Renewable Chemicals (CBRC), Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Center of Excellence on Petrochemical and Materials Technology (PETROMAT), Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Qin X, Yang X, Huang X, Jin G, Yang X, Wu M, Chen T, Yi K. The complete chloroplast genome of Agave angustifolia. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2021; 6:3236-3237. [PMID: 34712803 PMCID: PMC8547807 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1941360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Agave angustifolia is commonly used for the production of bacanora, a kind of fermented and distilled beverage in Mexico. In the present study, we have successfully assembled its chloroplast genome. The full length of the genome is 157,274 bp with the GC content of 37.84%. There is a large single copy region (LSC) of 85,895 bp, a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR) of 26,575 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 18,229 bp in the genome. A total of 132 genes are annotated in the cp genome. Among these, there are 86 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNAs and 8 rRNAs. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that A. angustifolia is closely related with A. H11648.
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- Xu Qin
- Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, P. R. China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, P. R. China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, P. R. China
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Agave By-Products: An Overview of Their Nutraceutical Value, Current Applications, and Processing Methods. POLYSACCHARIDES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/polysaccharides2030044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Agave, commonly known as “maguey” is an important part of the Mexican tradition and economy, and is mainly used for the production of alcoholic beverages, such as tequila. Industrial exploitation generates by-products, including leaves, bagasse, and fibers, that can be re-valorized. Agave is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, fructans, and pectin, as well as simple carbohydrates. Regarding functional properties, fructans content makes agave a potential source of prebiotics with the capability to lower blood glucose and enhance lipid homeostasis when it is incorporated as a prebiotic ingredient in cookies and granola bars. Agave also has phytochemicals, such as saponins and flavonoids, conferring anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties, among other benefits. Agave fibers are used for polymer-based composite reinforcement and elaboration, due to their thermo-mechanical properties. Agave bagasse is considered a promising biofuel feedstock, attributed to its high-water efficiency and biomass productivity, as well as its high carbohydrate content. The optimization of physical and chemical pretreatments, enzymatic saccharification and fermentation are key for biofuel production. Emerging technologies, such as ultrasound, can provide an alternative to current pretreatment processes. In conclusion, agaves are a rich source of by-products with a wide range of potential industrial applications, therefore novel processing methods are being explored for a sustainable re-valorization of these residues.
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Morales-Huerta JC, Hernández-Meléndez O, Hernández-Luna MG, Manero O, Bárzana E, Vivaldo-Lima E. An Experimental and Modeling Study on the Pretreatment and Alkaline Hydrolysis of Blue Agave Bagasse in Twin-Screw Extruders. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Juan Carlos Morales-Huerta
- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CU 04510, México City, México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CU 04510, México City, México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CU 04510, México City, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CU 04510, México City, México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CU 04510, México City, México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CU 04510, México City, México
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Jiménez-Rodríguez A, Heredia-Olea E, Barba-Dávila BA, Gutiérrez-Uribe JA, Antunes-Ricardo M. Polysaccharides from Agave salmiana bagasse improves the storage stability and the cellular uptake of indomethacin nanoemulsions. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2021.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ríos-González LJ, Medina-Morales MA, Rodríguez-De la Garza JA, Romero-Galarza A, Medina DD, Morales-Martínez TK. Comparison of dilute acid pretreatment of agave assisted by microwave versus ultrasound to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 319:124099. [PMID: 32957043 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A comparison between microwave and ultrasound irradiations in the agave pretreatment using dilute sulfuric acid as catalyst was assessed for the first time. Pretreatments were performed using a Taguchi Orthogonal Array L9 (34) to improve the hemicellulose removal and the agave digestibility. The results showed that under optimal conditions, the hemicellulose removal was superior in the pretreatment assisted with microwave (77.5%) compared to ultrasound (28.2%). Enzymatic hydrolysis yield of agave pretreated with microwave (MWOC) was 2-fold higher than agave pretreated with ultrasound (USOC). The relatively mild conditions of pretreatment with MWOC allowed to obtain a hydrolyzed free of inhibitors with a high glucose concentration (47.7 g/L) at low solids loading (10% w/v). However, these conditions did not have a significant effect over the agave pretreated with ultrasound. The pretreatment assisted with MWOC allowed to reduce time and temperature of the process compared to pretreatment with conventional heating.
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- Leopoldo J Ríos-González
- Departamento de Biotecnología. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico
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- Grupo de Bioprocesos y Bioquímica Microbiana, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico
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- Grupo de Bioprocesos y Bioquímica Microbiana, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico.
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Pérez-Zavala MDL, Hernández-Arzaba JC, Bideshi DK, Barboza-Corona JE. Agave: a natural renewable resource with multiple applications. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2020; 100:5324-5333. [PMID: 32535922 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Agaves are a group of succulent plants that thrive in arid or semiarid environments. Indeed, genes associated with their resilience are a potential resource for genetic engineering of other agronomically important crops grown in adverse climates. Agave is mainly used for the production of distilled (spirits) and non-distilled alcoholic beverages, including tequila, mezcal, bacanora, raicilla, and pulque, all of which have special connections to Mexican history and culture, and contribute to the Mexican economy. In recent years, there has been growing interest to maximize the use of agave plant materials for other purposes, as the bulk of their biomass pre- and post-production is wasted. In traditional practice, during the passage from fields to factories, only agave cores are used, and the leaves and bagasse are not always harnessed. To place this in perspective, during the period from 2010 to 2019, 2674.7 × 106 L of tequila was produced in Mexico, which required 9 607 400 tons of agave cores. This generated approximately the same amount of leaves and 3 842 960 tons of bagasse. The economic base of agave plants can be expanded if expended biomass could be transformed into products that are useful for applications in food, forage, ensilage, agriculture, medicine, energy, environment, textiles, cosmetics, and esthetics. This review focuses on the current utility of agave plants, as well as our perspective for future studies and uses of this formidable plant. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ma de Lourdes Pérez-Zavala
- Universidad Iberoamericana Campus León, León, Mexico
- Universidad de Guanajuato Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Departamento de Agronomía, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, USA
- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Universidad de Guanajuato Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Posgrado en Biociencias, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Universidad de Guanajuato Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Departamento de Agronomía, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Rye and Oat Agricultural Wastes as Substrate Candidates for Biomass Production of the Non-Conventional Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12187704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to test rye straw, rye bran and oat bran hydrolysates as substrates for growth of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, a microorganism known to have large biotechnological potential. First, after the combined process of acid-enzymatic hydrolysis, the concentration and composition of fermentable monosaccharides in the obtained hydrolysates were analyzed. Glucose was the main sugar, followed by xylose and arabinose. Rye bran hydrolysate had the highest sugar content—80.8 g/L. The results showed that this yeast was able to grow on low-cost medium and produce biomass that could be used as a feed in the form of single cell protein. The biomass of yeast grown in oat bran hydrolysate was over 9 g/L after 120 h, with the biomass total yield and total productivity values of 0.141 g/g and 0.078 g/h, respectively. The protein contents in yeast biomass were in the range of 30.5–44.5% of dry weight. Results obtained from Y. lipolytica cultivated in rye bran showed high content of exogenous amino acid (leucine 3.38 g, lysine 2.93 g, threonine 2.31 g/100 g of dry mass) and spectrum of unsaturated fatty acid with predominantly oleic acid—59.28%. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that lignocellulosic agricultural waste, after hydrolysis, could be efficiently converted to feed-related yeast biomass.
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Pérez-Pimienta JA, Icaza-Herrera JPA, Méndez-Acosta HO, González-Álvarez V, Méndoza-Pérez JA, Arreola-Vargas J. Bioderived ionic liquid-based pretreatment enhances methane production from Agave tequilana bagasse. RSC Adv 2020; 10:14025-14032. [PMID: 35498454 PMCID: PMC9051612 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra01849j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In recent years, bioderived ionic liquids have gained attention as a new promising approach for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. In this work, Agave tequilana bagasse (ATB), an attractive bioenergy feedstock in Mexico, was pretreated with a bioderived ionic liquid (cholinium lysinate) for the first time. Optimization of the pretreatment conditions, in-depth biomass characterization and methane generation via anaerobic digestion are the main contributions of this work. The results indicated optimized pretreatment conditions of 124 °C, 205 min and 20% solids loading by applying a central composite design. The optimized pretreated ATB was able to produce an elevated sugar yield of 51.4 g total sugars per g ATB due to their high delignification (45.4%) and changes in their chemical linkages although an increase in cellulose crystallinity was found (0.51 untreated vs. 0.62 pretreated). Finally, the mass balance showed that 38.2 kg glucose and 13.1 kg xylose were converted into 12.5 kg of methane per 100 kg of untreated ATB, representing 86% of the theoretical methane yield and evidencing the potential of this biorefinery scheme.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
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- Department of Engineering in Environmental Systems, Instituto Politécnico Nacional Mexico City Mexico
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- División de Procesos Industriales, Universidad Tecnológica de Jalisco Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
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Hassan SS, Ravindran R, Jaiswal S, Tiwari BK, Williams GA, Jaiswal AK. An evaluation of sonication pretreatment for enhancing saccharification of brewers' spent grain. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 105:240-247. [PMID: 32088570 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This paper deals with the investigation of ultrasound (US) pretreatment of brewer's spent grain (BSG) as a means of releasing fermentable sugars, and the subsequent production of ethanol from this lignocellulosic biomass. Using response surface methodology (RSM), the influence of US power, time, temperature and biomass loading on fermentable sugar yield from BSG was studied. The optimal conditions were found to be 20% US power, 60 min, 26.3 °C, and 17.3% w/v of biomass in water. Under these conditions, an approximate 2.1-fold increase in reducing sugar yield (325 ± 6 mg/g of biomass) was achieved, relative to untreated BSG (151.1 ± 10 mg/g of biomass). In contrast to acid or alkaline pretreatment approaches, the use of water obviated the need for neutralization for the recovery of sugars. The characterization of native and pretreated BSG was performed by HPLC, FTIR, SEM and DSC. Fermentation studies using S. cerevisiae growing on pretreated BSG resulted in a conversion of 66% of the total sugar content ininto ethanol with an ethanol content of 17.73 ± 2 g/ 100 g of pretreated BSG. These results suggest that ultrasound pretreatment is a promising technology for increased valorization of BSG as a feedstock for production of bioethanol, and points ton the need for further work in this area.
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- Shady S Hassan
- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, Ireland; School of Biological Sciences and Health Sciences, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, Ireland; School of Biological Sciences and Health Sciences, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- Department of Food Chemistry & Technology, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
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- School of Biological Sciences and Health Sciences, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, College of Sciences and Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
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Bhatia SK, Gurav R, Choi TR, Han YH, Park YL, Park JY, Jung HR, Yang SY, Song HS, Kim SH, Choi KY, Yang YH. Bioconversion of barley straw lignin into biodiesel using Rhodococcus sp. YHY01. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 289:121704. [PMID: 31276990 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Rhodococcus sp. YHY01 was studied to utilize various lignin derived aromatic compounds. It was able to utilize p-coumaric acid, cresol, and 2,6 dimethoxyphenol and resulted in biomass production i.e. 0.38 g dcw/L, 0.25 g dcw/L and 0.1 g dcw/L, and lipid accumulation i.e. 49%, 40%, 30%, respectively. The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) value for p-coumaric acid (13.4 mM), cresol (7.9 mM), and 2,6 dimethoxyphenol (3.4 mM) was analyzed. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solubilized barley straw lignin fraction was used as a carbon source for Rhodococcus sp. YHY01 and resulted in 0.130 g dcw/L with 39% w/w lipid accumulation. Major fatty acids were palmitic acid (C16:0) 51.87%, palmitoleic acid (C16:l) 14.90%, and oleic acid (C18:1) 13.76%, respectively. Properties of biodiesel produced from barley straw lignin were as iodine value (IV) 27.25, cetane number (CN) 65.57, cold filter plugging point (CFPP) 14.36, viscosity (υ) 3.81, and density (ρ) 0.86.
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- Shashi Kant Bhatia
- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and App1ications (CBRU), Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and App1ications (CBRU), Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Sipponen MH, Österberg M. Aqueous Ammonia Pre-treatment of Wheat Straw: Process Optimization and Broad Spectrum Dye Adsorption on Nitrogen-Containing Lignin. Front Chem 2019; 7:545. [PMID: 31428603 PMCID: PMC6687769 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Biorefineries need cost-efficient pretreatment processes that overcome the recalcitrance of plant biomass, while providing feasible valorization routes for lignin. Here we assessed aqueous ammonia for the separation of lignin from hydrothermally pretreated wheat straw prior to enzymatic saccharification. A combined severity parameter was used to determine the effects of ammonia concentration, treatment time and temperature on compositional and physicochemical changes [utilizing elemental analysis, cationic dye adsorption, FTIR spectroscopy, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy] as well as enzymatic hydrolysability of straw. Pretreatment at the highest severity (20% NH3, 160°C) led to the maximum hydrolysability of 71% in a 24 h reaction time at an enzyme dosage of 15 FPU/g of pretreated straw. In contrast, hydrolysabilities remained low regardless of the severity when a low cellulase dosage was used, indicating competitive adsorption of cellulases on nitrogen-containing lignin. In turn, our results showed efficient adsorption of cationic, anionic and uncharged organic dyes on nitrogen-containing lignin, which opens new opportunities in practical water remediation applications.
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- Mika Henrikki Sipponen
- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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Yadav M, Singh A, Balan V, Pareek N, Vivekanand V. Biological treatment of lignocellulosic biomass by Chaetomium globosporum: Process derivation and improved biogas production. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 128:176-183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.01.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pérez-Pimienta JA, Icaza-Herrera JPA, Méndoza-Pérez JA, González-Álvarez V, Méndez-Acosta HO, Arreola-Vargas J. Mild reaction conditions induce high sugar yields during the pretreatment of Agave tequilana bagasse with 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 275:78-85. [PMID: 30579104 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sequential 2k factorial and central composite designs were used to optimize Agave tequilana bagasse (ATB) pretreatment by using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([Emim][OAc]). Reaction time, temperature and solids loading were the studied factors while sugar yield was the response variable. Results indicated that optimal conditions (119 °C, 142 min) using high solids loading (30%) were achieved at lower temperatures and reaction times than those previously reported in the literature. It was also revealed that solid recovery after pretreatment with [Emim][OAc] is a key factor. The increase in enzymatic digestibility of pretreated ATB was correlated to a decrease in crystallinity and lower lignin content as observed using microscopy techniques and weaken chemical bonds by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Yields of glucose and xylose in the hydrolysate were 41.3, and 13.0 kg per 100 kg of untreated ATB, which are equivalent to glucan and xylan conversions of 75.9% and 82.9%, respectively.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Engineering in Environmental Systems, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- División de Procesos Industriales, Universidad Tecnológica de Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Liu CG, Li K, Wen Y, Geng BY, Liu Q, Lin YH. Bioethanol: New opportunities for an ancient product. ADVANCES IN BIOENERGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aibe.2018.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Aguilar DL, Rodríguez-Jasso RM, Zanuso E, de Rodríguez DJ, Amaya-Delgado L, Sanchez A, Ruiz HA. Scale-up and evaluation of hydrothermal pretreatment in isothermal and non-isothermal regimen for bioethanol production using agave bagasse. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 263:112-119. [PMID: 29734065 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The production of tequila in Mexico generates a large amount of agave bagasse per year. However, this biomass can be considered as a potential source for biofuel production. In this study, it is described how the hydrothermal pretreatment was scaled in a bench scale, considering the severity index as a strategy. The best condition was at 180 °C in isothermal regime for 20 min with 65.87% of cellulose content and high concentration of xylooligosaccharides (15.31 g/L). This condition was scaled up (using severity factor: [logR0] = 4.11), in order to obtain a rich pretreated solid in cellulose to perform the enzymatic hydrolysis, obtaining saccharification yields of 98.5 and 99.5% at high-solids loading (10 and 15%, respectively). The pre-saccharification and fermentation strategy was used in the bioethanol production at 10 and 15% of total pretreated solids, obtaining 38.39 and 55.02 g/L of ethanol concentration, corresponding to 90.84% and 87.56% of ethanol yield, respectively.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniela L Aguilar
- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila 25280, Mexico; Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico
| | - Rosa M Rodríguez-Jasso
- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila 25280, Mexico; Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico
| | - Elisa Zanuso
- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila 25280, Mexico; Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico
| | - Diana Jasso de Rodríguez
- Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, 1923 Antonio Narro St., Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila 25315, Mexico
| | - Lorena Amaya-Delgado
- Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico; Unidad de Biotecnología Industrial, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco A.C., Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
| | - Arturo Sanchez
- Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico; Laboratorio de Futuros en Bioenergía, Unidad Guadalajara de Ingeniería Avanzada, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
| | - Héctor A Ruiz
- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila 25280, Mexico; Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico.
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