title: Solid-state production of biopulp by Phanerochaete chrysosporium using steam-exploded wheat straw as substrate.
abstract: A novel material for biopulp-making, steam-exploded wheat straw (SEWS), was studied. During the steam explosion process, the hemicellulose was partly degraded and became water-soluble sugar as the carbon resource of the chosen microbe growth, and compared with non-SEWS, the degradation amount of cellulose decreased and the degradation amount of lignin increased for the fermented steam-exploded wheat straw (FSEWS) cultured with Phanerochaete chrysosporium ME-446. Under the optimum conditions of solid-state ferrmentation (SSF), the degradation amount of lignin reached 60% on the 5th day and the fermented straw residue could be used directly as the material for pulp making.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. chenhz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hongzhang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fujian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zuohu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D005285:Fermentation; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism; D020075:Phanerochaete / Q000378:metabolism*; D014908:Triticum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008031:Lignin