title: Biological pretreatment of rubberwood with Ceriporiopsis subvermispora for enzymatic hydrolysis and bioethanol production.
abstract: Rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis), a potential raw material for bioethanol production due to its high cellulose content, was used as a novel feedstock for enzymatic hydrolysis and bioethanol production using biological pretreatment. To improve ethanol production, rubberwood was pretreated with white rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora to increase fermentation efficiency. The effects of particle size of rubberwood (1 mm, 0.5 mm, and 0.25 mm) and pretreatment time on the biological pretreatment were first determined by chemical analysis and X-ray diffraction and their best condition obtained with 1 mm particle size and 90 days pretreatment. Further morphological study on rubberwood with 1 mm particle size pretreated by fungus was performed by FT-IR spectra analysis and SEM observation and the result indicated the ability of this fungus for pretreatment. A study on enzymatic hydrolysis resulted in an increased sugar yield of 27.67% as compared with untreated rubberwood (2.88%). The maximum ethanol concentration and yield were 17.9 g/L and 53% yield, respectively, after 120 hours. The results obtained demonstrate that rubberwood pretreated by C. subvermispora can be used as an alternative material for the enzymatic hydrolysis and bioethanol production.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Forough
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nazarpour
authors.forename: Dzulkefly Kuang
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: Norhafizah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: Nazila
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Motedayen
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zamiri
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels / Q000382:microbiology*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002480:Cellulase / Q000378:metabolism*; D055453:Coriolaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D003460:Crystallization; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D028482:Hevea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010316:Particle Size; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013997:Time Factors; D014934:Wood / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D000431:Ethanol; D001617:beta-Glucosidase; D002480:Cellulase