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  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,314 Views
21 Pages

Aerobic composting is one of the methods for the resource utilization of submerged plant residues. This study investigated the effects of biochar, wetland sediments and microbial agents added individually or combined on the humification process, lign...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Fermentation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,568 Views
12 Pages

Characterization of Novel Pectinolytic Enzymes Derived from the Efficient Lignocellulose Degradation Microbiota

  • Qin Miao,
  • Xiaoling Zhang,
  • Yitong Wang,
  • Xiaoqi Li,
  • Zheng Wang,
  • Lingmin Tian,
  • Lingbo Qu and
  • Yongjun Wei

29 September 2022

Diverse pectinolytic enzymes are widely applied in the food, papermaking, and other industries, and they account for more than 25% of the global industrial enzyme demands. Efficient lignocellulose degradation microbiota are reservoirs of pectinolytic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
12,325 Views
22 Pages

Lignocellulose, as Earth’s most abundant renewable biomass, represents a crucial resource for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, it is of great significance for sustainable development. Microbial degradation offers a promising pathway...

(This article belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,243 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Inoculation of Thermotolerant Bacillus Strains on Lignocellulose Degradation

  • Xiaomin Wang,
  • Jiayuan Gao,
  • Guohui Ning,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Yajun Duan,
  • Jiahui Li,
  • Yajie Wu,
  • Mingyue Qi,
  • Yali Huang and
  • Zhixin Yang

13 November 2024

Thise study investigated the effect of three lignocellulolytic thermophilic Bacillus strains (F11, Q1, and FP4) on lignocellulose degradation, enzymatic activities, and microbial community structure in composting. The lignin degradation rate reached...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
776 Views
28 Pages

Thermophilic Microbial Inoculant Promotes Lignocellulose Degradation During Green Waste Composting

  • Dan Hao,
  • Xiaohang Yu,
  • Xiangyang Sun,
  • Dongdong Cheng,
  • Hao Ding,
  • Yige Wang,
  • Yalin Li,
  • Zhewen Geng and
  • Guijun Xu

Thermophilic microbial inoculant (CI) has been demonstrated to optimize the green waste composting (GWC) process. The pathways through which it enhances lignocellulose degradation remain unclear. This study evaluated composting performance under four...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
7,529 Views
13 Pages

Effects of C/N Ratio on Lignocellulose Degradation and Enzyme Activities in Aerobic Composting

  • Huizhen Yang,
  • He Zhang,
  • Huizhen Qiu,
  • Dominic Kwadwo Anning,
  • Mengchan Li,
  • Youling Wang and
  • Chunhong Zhang

Lignocellulosic materials have a complex physicochemical composition and structure that reduces their decomposition rate and hinders the formation of humic substances during composting. Therefore, a composting experiment was conducted to evaluate the...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,092 Views
21 Pages

29 June 2025

Utilizing straw feed is an effective strategy to optimize straw resource utilization by incorporating microbial degradation agents to expedite lignocellulose breakdown and enhance feed efficiency. Lignocellulose-degrading species and microbial commun...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maximizing Fiber Utilization for Sustainable, Efficient Ruminant Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,638 Views
29 Pages

The Effects of Hypoxic Stress on the Growth and Lignocellulose-Degrading Capacity of Pleurotus ostreatus

  • Wang Li,
  • Meng Li,
  • Shuai Xu,
  • Yueting Dai,
  • Yingyao Shao,
  • Zhan Li,
  • Guangjie Zhang,
  • Changtian Li and
  • Yu Li

To achieve synchronous regulation of growth and lignocellulose degradation in Pleurotus ostreatus (PO-01) during fungal residue biorefining, we systematically evaluated O2 gradients (5%, 20%, 40%) and N2/CO2 regarding mycelial development, lignocellu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Propagation and Cultivation of Mushroom)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,128 Views
13 Pages

Straw from Different Crop Species Recruits Different Communities of Lignocellulose-Degrading Microorganisms in Black Soil

  • Chunling Chang,
  • Yue Guo,
  • Kuanqiang Tang,
  • Yunlong Hu,
  • Weihui Xu,
  • Wenjing Chen,
  • Neil McLaughlin and
  • Zhigang Wang

The biological degradation of plant residues in the soil or on the soil surface is an integral part of the natural life cycle of annual plants and does not have adverse effects on the environment. Crop straw is characterized by a complex structure an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biotechnology for Environmental Remediation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,137 Views
12 Pages

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) could oxidize and cleavage the glycosidic bonds of polysaccharides in lignocellulose, thereby promoting the hydrolysis of polysaccharide substrates by glycoside hydrolases and significantly improving the sacc...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbial Metabolism, Physiology & Genetics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
322 Views
14 Pages

12 August 2026

This study evaluated the effects of formic acid (A), lignocellulolytic enzymes (E), and a lignocellulose-degrading microbial consortium (M) on fermentation quality, lignocellulose degradation, carbohydrate conversion, bacterial community, and potenti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Silage Preparation, Processing and Efficient Utilization—3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,740 Views
19 Pages

De Novo Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Community Contributing in Lignocellulose Degradation in Humus Samples Harvested from Cuc Phuong Tropical Forest in Vietnam

  • Thi-Thu-Hong Le,
  • Thi-Binh Nguyen,
  • Hong-Duong Nguyen,
  • Hai-Dang Nguyen,
  • Ngoc-Giang Le,
  • Trong-Khoa Dao,
  • Thi-Quy Nguyen,
  • Thi-Huyen Do and
  • Nam-Hai Truong

17 March 2022

We aimed to investigate the microbial diversity, mine lignocellulose-degrading enzymes/proteins, and analyze the domain structures of the mined enzymes/proteins in humus samples collected from the Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. Using a high-throu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,254 Views
22 Pages

Insights into the Lignocellulose-Degrading Enzyme System Based on the Genome Sequence of Flavodon sp. x-10

  • Bao-Teng Wang,
  • Shuang Hu,
  • Dong Nyoung Oh,
  • Chun-Zhi Jin,
  • Long Jin,
  • Jong Min Lee and
  • Feng-Jie Jin

The efficient hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass relies on the action of enzymes, which are crucial for the development of economically feasible cellulose bioconversion processes. However, low hydrolysis efficiency and the inhibition of cellulase...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,925 Views
17 Pages

A lignocellulose-degrading strain isolated from thermophilic compost was identified as Geobacillus stearothermophilus B5, and found able to secrete considerable amounts of enzymes at optimal temperature (60 °C) and pH (7.5). One circular contig o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extremophiles and Extremozymes in Academia and Industries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,665 Views
22 Pages

Flammulina filiformis, one of the most delicious and commercially important mushrooms, demonstrates remarkable adaptability to diverse agricultural wastes. However, it is unclear how different substrates affect the degradation of lignocellulosic biom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Propagation and Cultivation of Mushroom)
  • Article
  • Open Access
493 Views
16 Pages

Computer-Aided Virtual Saturation Mutagenesis Improves the Lignocellulose-Degrading Performance of an Aspergillus niger LPMO

  • Lin Yuan,
  • Weixue Yuan,
  • Jiaxin Han,
  • Ge Wang,
  • Jie Jia,
  • Wenqi Xu,
  • Shuang Wang,
  • Shuang Bi,
  • Menglei Xia and
  • Lijuan Ma

16 June 2026

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are promising enzymes for lignocellulose degradation; however, wild-type LPMOs often exhibit limited catalytic activity and stability. In this study, computer-aided virtual saturation mutagenesis was applie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Food Biotechnology: Microbial and Enzymatic Innovations for Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
113 Citations
11,400 Views
25 Pages

Engineering Robust Cellulases for Tailored Lignocellulosic Degradation Cocktails

  • Francisca Contreras,
  • Subrata Pramanik,
  • Aleksandra M. Rozhkova,
  • Ivan N. Zorov,
  • Olga Korotkova,
  • Arkady P. Sinitsyn,
  • Ulrich Schwaneberg and
  • Mehdi D. Davari

26 February 2020

Lignocellulosic biomass is a most promising feedstock in the production of second-generation biofuels. Efficient degradation of lignocellulosic biomass requires a synergistic action of several cellulases and hemicellulases. Cellulases depolymerize ce...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Commemorative Issue to Celebrate the Nobel Success of Prof. Frances H. Arnold: Directed Evolution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,454 Views
11 Pages

11 December 2024

The aim of fungal treatment of organic matter for ruminants is the improvement of its degradability. So far, such treatment appears to be time-consuming and improvement has been modest. In previous work, we observed within three white rot species tha...

(This article belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
413 Views
21 Pages

Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) is a major agricultural byproduct whose complex lignocellulosic matrix hinders direct reuse and poses environmental risks when stockpiled. This study evaluated whether pretreatment with plant growth-promoting rhizobacte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agricultural Microbial Ecology: Plant–Soil–Microbe Interactions)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,359 Views
8 Pages

16 October 2020

Among endo-mannanases, glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 26 enzymes have been shown to be more catalytically active than GH5 enzymes on mannans. However, only GH5 endo-mannanases have been used for the formulation of enzyme cocktails. In this study, Ba...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multienzymatic Catalysis and/or Enzyme Co-immobilization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,127 Views
17 Pages

This study integrates metagenomic and metabolomic data to systematically analyze the microbial community succession and carbon source metabolism transitions during the third fermentation cycle of Agaricus bisporus, with the aim of optimizing fermenta...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,344 Views
16 Pages

Whole Genome Sequencing of Kodamaea ohmeri SSK and Its Characterization for Degradation of Inhibitors from Lignocellulosic Biomass

  • Yong-Qiang Yang,
  • Xu Li,
  • Zhi-Fei Wang,
  • Yu-Long Deng,
  • Zhen-Zhi Wang,
  • Xing-Yu Fang,
  • Mao-Dong Zhang,
  • Wei Sun,
  • Xin-Qing Zhao and
  • Feng-Li Zhang
  • + 1 author

24 April 2025

Lignocellulosic biomass is widely recognized as a renewable resource for bioconversion. However, the presence of inhibitors such as furfural, 5-HMF, and acetic acid can inhibit cell growth, thereby affecting the overall efficiency of the bioconversio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biosynthesis of Metabolites from Microorganisms, or Microorganism-Host Interaction? (Volume II))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,726 Views
17 Pages

This study investigated the impacts of diverse aeration processes (continuous aeration vs. intermittent aeration) and aeration rates on the aerobic composting process. The key properties examined include temperature, oxygen dynamics, lignocellulose d...

(This article belongs to the Section Fermentation Process Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,395 Views
11 Pages

Identification of a Novel Dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter oxydans for Degradation of Inhibitors Derived from Lignocellulosic Biomass

  • Hongsen Zhang,
  • Jiahui Jiang,
  • Conghui Quan,
  • Guizhong Zhao,
  • Guotao Mao,
  • Hui Xie,
  • Fengqin Wang,
  • Zhimin Wang,
  • Jian Zhang and
  • Andong Song
  • + 1 author

Inhibitors from lignocellulosic biomass have become the bottleneck of biorefinery development. Gluconobacter oxydans DSM2003 showed a high performance of inhibitors degradation, which had a short lag time in non-detoxified corn stover hydrolysate and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lignocellulosic Biomass Decomposition and Bioconversion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,772 Views
21 Pages

Effects of Manganese Carbonate Addition on the Carbocatalytic Properties of Lignocellulosic Waste for Use in the Degradation of Acetaminophen

  • Camila Mosquera-Olano,
  • Carolina Quimbaya,
  • Vanessa Rodríguez,
  • Angie Vanessa-Lasso,
  • Santiago Correa,
  • E. D. C. Castrillón,
  • John Rojas and
  • Yenny P. Ávila-Torres

27 November 2024

A carbon-based material was synthesized using potato peels (BPP) and banana pseudo-stems (BPS), both of which were modified with manganese to produce BPP-Mn and BPS-Mn, respectively. These materials were assessed for their ability to activate peroxym...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
5,157 Views
13 Pages

A Comparative Study on Suitability of Model-Free and Model-Fitting Kinetic Methods to Non-Isothermal Degradation of Lignocellulosic Materials

  • Hamayoun Mahmood,
  • Ahmad Shakeel,
  • Ammar Abdullah,
  • Muhammad Ilyas Khan and
  • Muhammad Moniruzzaman

29 July 2021

The thermal kinetic modeling is crucial for development of sustainable processes where lignocellulosic fuels are a part of chemical system and their thermal degradation eventuates. In this paper, thermal decomposition of three lignocellulosic materia...

(This article belongs to the Section Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
933 Views
23 Pages

Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant renewable resource, yet its effective utilization remains limited due to its structural recalcitrance, primarily attributed to lignin. While aerobic lignin-degrading microorganisms, particularly fungi, have been...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Soil Microorganisms in Agricultural Production and Environmental Biotechnologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,762 Views
20 Pages

The efficient degradation of lignin from agricultural by-products is a critical step in the development of sustainable bioprocessing technologies for waste valorisation. Enzymatic degradation of kraft lignin performed with lignin peroxidase (LiP), ma...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Bioresource and Bioprocess Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
866 Views
23 Pages

Microbial Community Dynamics Driven by Different Nitrogen Sources During Forestry Waste Composting for Pleurotus ostreatus Cultivation

  • Shiqi Li,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Yuan Guo,
  • Dianpeng Zhang,
  • Shoumian Li,
  • Yueyuan Wu,
  • Caige Lu,
  • Qinggang Song,
  • Shouxian Wang and
  • Shuang Song

20 March 2026

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into edible, nutrient-rich products using low-cost forestry waste offers substantial ecological and economic benefits. Composting forestry waste as a substrate for oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) cultiva...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Harnessing Microbial and Enzymatic Technologies Transforming Food Byproducts into Functional Bioactive Substances to Advance Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
988 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Exogenous Inoculation on Microbial Community Dynamics and Maturation Process in Cattle Manure Composting

  • Yufu Hu,
  • Yilin Yuan,
  • Sen Qi,
  • Shuaiqi Feng,
  • Jiamin Yin,
  • Zhuo Xin,
  • Hongyan Zhao,
  • Xin Wang and
  • Zongjun Cui

Cattle manure composting is an effective strategy for recycling agricultural waste. However, the presence of lignocellulosic materials in cattle manure–maize straw mixtures can limit the degradation efficiency during composting. This study inve...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,340 Views
24 Pages

Genomic and Transcriptomic Insights into Carbon-Source and Temporal Induction of a Diverse Set of Lignocellulolytic Enzymes in Irpex lacteus QJ

  • Liye Song,
  • Baorui Liu,
  • Qijun Zhu,
  • Kun Meng,
  • Hongying Cai,
  • Yunsheng Han,
  • Weiwei Liu and
  • Peilong Yang

13 December 2025

The white-rot fungus Irpex lacteus is recognized for its strong ligninolytic and polysaccharide-degrading capacity, but the key advantages in degrading lignocellulose and the regulation of its enzyme systems remain poorly understood. In this study, w...

(This article belongs to the Section Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,743 Views
17 Pages

20 October 2020

Ceriporiopsis subvermispora is a white-rot fungus with a high specificity towards lignin mineralization when colonizing dead wood or lignocellulosic compounds. Its lignocellulose degrading system is formed by cellulose hydrolytic enzymes, manganese p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Genomics and Evolution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,695 Views
24 Pages

Bioconversion of lignocellulose into renewable energy and commodity products faces a major obstacle of inefficient saccharification due to its recalcitrant structure. In nature, lignocellulose is efficiently degraded by some insects, including termit...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,586 Views
16 Pages

Enrichment of Rumen Solid-Phase Bacteria for Production of Volatile Fatty Acids by Long-Term Subculturing In Vitro

  • Wengboyang Liu,
  • Zhiqiang Cheng,
  • Yujie Zong,
  • Yue Shen,
  • Shakib Mohamed Jama and
  • Miao Lin

Rumen bacteria have the ability to efficiently degrade and acidify lignocellulosic biomass, among which rumen solid-phase bacteria are more dominant. However, the effectiveness of in vitro cultured ruminal solid-phase bacteria in producing volatile f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research Progress of Rumen Fermentation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,591 Views
14 Pages

Secretome Analysis of Thermothelomyces thermophilus LMBC 162 Cultivated with Tamarindus indica Seeds Reveals CAZymes for Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass

  • Alex Graça Contato,
  • Tiago Cabral Borelli,
  • Marcos Silveira Buckeridge,
  • Janet Rogers,
  • Steven Hartson,
  • Rolf Alexander Prade and
  • Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli

1 February 2024

The analysis of the secretome allows us to identify the proteins, especially carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), secreted by different microorganisms cultivated under different conditions. The CAZymes are divided into five classes containing diffe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungal Biodegradation: Strategies, Current Understanding, and Future Prospects: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,151 Views
18 Pages

A Microbial Inoculum (PLC-8) Improves Composting of Spent Mushroom Substrate

  • Jiamin Yin,
  • Hairu Yu,
  • Sen Qi,
  • Yufu Hu,
  • Di Chen,
  • Hongyan Zhao and
  • Zongjun Cui

Composting is a useful way to reduce and recycle agricultural and forestry waste; however, low-temperature environments can inhibit the microbial processes involved in composting. Spent mushroom substrate has a high lignocellulose content, making it...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbiota Dynamics in Environmental and Host Systems: From Ecology to Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,228 Views
15 Pages

23 January 2025

Termitomyces mushrooms, known for their symbiotic relationship with termites and their high nutritional and medicinal value, are challenging to cultivate artificially due to their specific growth requirements. This study investigates the impact of ar...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,507 Views
11 Pages

7 October 2017

Piptoporus betulinus, a brown-rot parasitic fungus of birch trees (Betula species), has been used as a common anti-parasitic and antibacterial agent. The lack of genetic resource data for P. betulinus has limited the exploration of this species. In t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics and Genomics of Forest Trees)
  • Article
  • Open Access
418 Views
27 Pages

Degradation of Wheat Straw by Streptomyces thermocarboxydus XH2: Insights from Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses

  • Tingyao Lv,
  • Yushuo Zhang,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Qiuyang Jiang,
  • Xiaotong Zeng,
  • Feng Li and
  • Dayong Xu

Crop straw is an abundant lignocellulosic resource, but its efficient bioconversion is hindered by the recalcitrant structure of plant cell walls. This study integrated degradation phenotyping, enzyme activity assays, whole-genome analysis, and compa...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,156 Views
17 Pages

8 December 2023

Composting, a vital process for organic waste management, hinges on intricate microbial dynamics. The role of specific microbial inoculants, such as fungi, in shaping these dynamics remains an area of keen interest. This study aimed to elucidate the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,520 Views
20 Pages

The long road from emerging biotechnologies to commercial “green” biosynthetic routes for chemical production relies in part on efficient microbial use of sustainable and renewable waste biomass feedstocks. One solution is to apply the consolidated b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Biotechnology of Microbial Enzymes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
236 Views
16 Pages

24 September 2026

Palm-leaf manuscripts are an important category of organic cultural heritage and frequently exhibit soot deposition associated with long-term incense burning in temples and religious archives. However, the influence of soot contamination on the deter...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials and Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,705 Views
16 Pages

Biotechnological Processing of Sugarcane Bagasse through Solid-State Fermentation with White Rot Fungi into Nutritionally Rich and Digestible Ruminant Feed

  • Nazir Ahmad Khan,
  • Mussayyab Khan,
  • Abubakar Sufyan,
  • Ashmal Saeed,
  • Lin Sun,
  • Siran Wang,
  • Mudasir Nazar,
  • Zhiliang Tan,
  • Yong Liu and
  • Shaoxun Tang

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) bagasse (SCB) is one of the most widely produced lignocellulosic biomasses and has great potential to be recycled for sustainable food production as ruminant animal feed. However, due to severe lignification, i.e., l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Fermentation Technology in Animal Nutrition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,839 Views
18 Pages

Genomic, Transcriptomic and Enzymatic Insight into Lignocellulolytic System of a Plant Pathogen Dickeya sp. WS52 to Digest Sweet Pepper and Tomato Stalk

  • Ying-Jie Yang,
  • Wei Lin,
  • Raghvendra Pratap Singh,
  • Qian Xu,
  • Zhihou Chen,
  • Yuan Yuan,
  • Ping Zou,
  • Yiqiang Li and
  • Chengsheng Zhang

20 November 2019

Dickeya sp., a plant pathogen, causing soft rot with strong pectin degradation capacity was taken for the comprehensive analysis of its corresponding biomass degradative system, which has not been analyzed yet. Whole genome sequence analysis of the i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biology, Biotechnology and Bioprospecting of Microbial Biomolecules)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,590 Views
11 Pages

Feedstock degradation is a major source of financial risk for cellulosic biorefineries. To assess the impact of the feedstock loss and quality during storage, this study explored interactions of moisture content and temperature on the degradation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,676 Views
19 Pages

Bacterial Communities in Alkaline Saline Soils Amended with Young Maize Plants or Its (Hemi)Cellulose Fraction

  • Valentín Pérez-Hernández,
  • Mario Hernández-Guzmán,
  • Marco Luna-Guido,
  • Yendi E. Navarro-Noya,
  • Elda M. Romero-Tepal and
  • Luc Dendooven

We studied three soils of the former lake Texcoco with different electrolytic conductivity (1.9 dS m−1, 17.3 dS m−1, and 33.4 dS m−1) and pH (9.3, 10.4, and 10.3) amended with young maize plants and their neutral detergent fibre (NDF) fraction and ae...

(This article belongs to the Collection Microbial Life in Extreme Environments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,134 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Heat Treatment and Solid-State Fermentation on the Lignocellulosic Fractions of Substrates Supporting Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler Cultivation: Implications for Commercial Production

  • Sudheer Kumar Annepu,
  • Ved Prakash Sharma,
  • Anupam Barh,
  • Shwet Kamal,
  • Mahantesh Shirur,
  • Satish Kumar,
  • Rakesh Kumar Bairwa,
  • Sachin Gupta,
  • Moni Gupta and
  • Rajnish Kumar
  • + 3 authors

Mushroom production in India has registered a considerable growth in the recent times. However, cultivation of shiitake mushroom, which represents a major share at a global level, is still at a primitive stage in the Indian subcontinent. The scarcity...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lignocellulosic Biomass Decomposition and Bioconversion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,046 Views
17 Pages

13 August 2023

Studies on the degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides by fungal extracellular enzymes have attracted recent attention from researchers. Xylan, abundant in hemicellulose, that play great role in connection between cellulose and lignin, has see...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Microorganisms and Their Metabolites in Agriculture, Food and the Environment)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,229 Views
23 Pages

20 November 2024

Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) in the form of agricultural, forestry, and agro-industrial wastes is globally generated in large volumes every year. The chemical components of LCB render them a substrate valuable for biofuel production. It is hard to d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecologically Important Symbioses in Insects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
247 Views
23 Pages

30 September 2026

Temperature critically regulates fungal lignocellulose degradation, but the mechanisms underlying straw conversion by Ganoderma lucidum for ruminant feed remain unclear. This study investigated biochemical and molecular responses of G. lucidum during...

(This article belongs to the Section Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology)

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