title: Effect of lime pretreatment of brown midrib sorghums.
abstract: The effect of lime pretreatment of brown midrib sorghums on enzymatic saccharification was investigated. Under most of the pretreatment conditions, the saccharification yields of bmrs were higher than those of the normal counterparts. This result suggests that bmr is useful to reduce pretreatment costs, because the amount of lime necessary for the pretreatment of biomass can reduced by using bmr mutants.
authors.affiliation: Food Biotechnology Division, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Kiyoharu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008031:Lignin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D010087:Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045868:Sorghum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D008031:Lignin; C016538:lime