title: Infra-red spectroscopic analyses of banana waste degraded by oyster mushroom.
abstract: Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen analyses of banana leaf and pseudostem biomass revealed their potentiality as substrates for microorganisms. Infra-red (IR) spectra of both biomass show presence of cellulose, xylan and lignin. IR spectra of leaf and pseudostem biomass degraded in solid state fermentation (SSF) by two Pleurotus species (P. sajor-caju and P. ostreatus) for 40 days showed the utilization of cellulose, xylan and lignin by these microbes. Dynamics of various lignocellulolytic enzymes of Pleurotus species and analyses of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen contents of degraded biomass supported the same. Both the Pleurotus species exhibited lignin consumption ability on both the substrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120, India.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018533:Biomass; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism; D028521:Musa / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000378:metabolism*; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000378:metabolism*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon; D006859:Hydrogen; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin; D009584:Nitrogen