Simultaneous production of cellulase and reducing sugar through modification of compositional and structural characteristic of sugarcane bagasse.
This study examined the potential of untreated and alkali-pretreated sugarcane bagasse (SCB) in cellulase, reducing sugar (RS) and fungal biomass production via solid state fermentation (SSF) using Pycnoporus sanguineus. The impact of the composition, structure and cellulase adsorption ability of SCB on the production of cellulase, RS and fungal biomass was investigated. From the morphological and compositional analyses, untreated SCB has relatively more structural changes with a higher percentage of depolymerisation on the cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin content compared to alkali-pretreated SCB. Thus, untreated SCB favoured the production of cellulase and fungal biomass whereas alkali-pretreated SCB yielded a higher amount of RS. The composition and morphology of untreated SCB did not encourage RS production and this suggested that RS produced during SSF might be consumed in a faster rate by the more abundantly grown fungus. Besides that, alkali-pretreated SCB with higher cellulase adsorption ability could have adsorbed the cellulase produced and resulted in a lower cellulase titre. In short, the production of specific bioproducts via SSF is dependent on the structure and composition of the substrate applied.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Li Wan
LW
Yoon
Gek Cheng
GC
Ngoh
Adeline Seak May
AS
Chua
D000327:Adsorption; D000468:Alkalies; D057005:Bioengineering; D018533:Biomass; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002480:Cellulase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005285:Fermentation; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D055494:Pycnoporus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D031786:Saccharum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D000468:Alkalies; D002482:Cellulose; C027433:bagasse; D002480:Cellulase
Cellulase; Cellulase adsorption; Pretreatment; Reducing sugar; Solid state fermentation; Sugarcane bagasse