title: Effect of steam explosion pretreatment on treatment with Pleurotus ostreatus for the enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw.
abstract: The effects of steam explosion (1.5 MPa, 1 min) on the treatment of rice straw with Pleurotus ostreatus were evaluated in terms of the change in composition of the components and the susceptibility to enzymatic hydrolysis. When rice straw was pretreated with a steam explosion prior to biological treatment, the treatment time required for obtaining a 33% net glucose yield was reduced to 36 days from 60 days. The reduction is probably due to loosening of networks of Klason lignin with sugar moieties and partial collapse of the structure during the biological treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Technology, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan. mtanig@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouya
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012275:Oryza / Q000378:metabolism*; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes