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Solar pasteurization of straw for nutritional upgrading and as substrate for ligninolytic organisms

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Solar digesters were designed to wet pasteurize straw. Microbial levels were reduced, precluding competition with ligninolytic organisms. The pasteurization treatment alone increased the available cellulose by 20–40%. Ligninolytic organisms produced biomass with 6–8% protein on pasteurized wheat straw.

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  1. Department of Plant Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, IL-76100, Rehovot, Israel

    O. Milstein, L. Shragina & J. Gressel

  2. Energy Systems Development Department, Electra (Israel) Ltd., IL-75143, Rishon Le-Zion, Israel

    A. Bechar

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Milstein, O., Bechar, A., Shragina, L. et al. Solar pasteurization of straw for nutritional upgrading and as substrate for ligninolytic organisms. Biotechnol Lett 9, 269–274 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027162

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