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Saccharification of sunflower stalks using lignocellulases from a fungal consortium comprising Pholiota adiposa and Armillaria gemina

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Lignocellulases from Armillaria gemina and Pholiota adiposa are efficient in hydrolyzing aspen and poplar biomass, respectively. In the present study, lignocellulosic enzymes obtained from a fungal consortium comprising P. adiposa and A. gemina were used for the saccharification of sunflower stalks. Sunflower stalks were thermochemically pretreated using 2 % NaOH at 50 °C for 24 h. The saccharification process parameters including substrate concentration, enzyme loading, pH, and temperature were optimized using response surface methodology to improve the saccharification yield. The highest enzymatic hydrolysis (84.3 %) was obtained using the following conditions: enzyme loading 10 FPU/g-substrate, substrate 5.5 %, temperature 50 °C, and pH 4.5. The hydrolysis yield obtained using the enzymes from the fungal consortium was equivalent to that obtained using a mixture of commercial enzymes Celluclast and Novozyme β-glucosidase. Addition of up to 500 ppm of heavy metal ions (As, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) during saccharification did not significantly affect the saccharification yield. Thus, the biomass grown for phytoremediation of heavy metals can be used for the production of reducing sugars followed by ethanol fermentation.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Energy Efficiency and Resources Core Technology Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea (201320200000420). This research was also supported by Korea Ministry of Environment as GAIA Project (G112-00055-0023-0) and KU Brain Pool of Konkuk University.

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    1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, 143-701, Republic of Korea

      Priyadharshini Ramachandran, Tae-Su Kim, Saurabh Sudha Dhiman, Jinglin Li, Ji-Hyun Park, Joon-Ho Choi & Jung-Kul Lee

    2. School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Ku, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea

      Jae Young Kim

    3. Phygen Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

      Dongwook Kim

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    Ramachandran, P., Kim, TS., Dhiman, S.S. et al. Saccharification of sunflower stalks using lignocellulases from a fungal consortium comprising Pholiota adiposa and Armillaria gemina . Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 38, 1645–1653 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-015-1406-7

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