Lignocellulosic biomass has enormous potential to contribute to worldwide energy,
chemical, and material demands in a renewable, sustainable manner. In the United States …

Plants represent a vast, renewable resource and are well suited to provide sustainably for
humankind's transportation fuel needs. To produce infrastructure-compatible fuels from …

The structure of cellulose microfibrils in wood is not known in detail, despite the abundance
of cellulose in woody biomass and its importance for biology, energy, and engineering. The …

Since economic and environmental issues have become critical in the last several years, the
amount of sustainable bio-based production has increased. In this article, microbial …

Peanut shells (ie, an abundant industrial by-product) were subjected to an innovative
hydrothermal pretreatment approach using high-pressure CO 2 to enhance their enzymatic …

Bioconversion of lignocellulose forms the basis for renewable, advanced biofuels, and
bioproducts. Mechanisms of hydrolysis of cellulose by cellulases have been actively studied …

Conspectus Because of its natural abundance, hierarchical fibrous structure, mechanical
flexibility, potential for chemical modification, biocompatibility, renewability, and abundance …

Cellulose is a crystalline polymer of β1, 4-d-glucose that is difficult to deconstruct to sugars
by enzymes. The recalcitrance of cellulose microfibrils is a function of both the shape of …

Cellulases acting on crystalline cellulose in synergistic mixtures have higher combined
activities than the sum of their individual activities. The mechanisms by which different types …

Background As a green alternative for the production of transportation fuels, the enzymatic
hydrolysis of lignocellulose and subsequent fermentation to ethanol are being intensively …