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Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Feedstocks for 1G Bioethanol Production

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The search for new alternatives of fuels to compose an innovative and diversified energetic matrix available for countries is being the goal of a lot of research done worldwide. There are some essential steps to be well successful in this research. Especially for the biofuels development technology, involving the biofuels production through fermentative processes, the knowledge of the substrate composition and the alternatives of microorganisms and enzymes used at the process is fundamental. This chapter offers an overview of the most important agro industrial biomasses available to compose the substrates to produce 1G bioethanol, including data about the composition, world production, and others, discussing aspects important for each one. The enzymatic pretreatment is an essential step in converting amylolytic feedstocks into direct fermented sugar used as carbon source for alcoholic fermentation. This chapter brings informations about amylolytic enzymes, their activities in different conditions, industrial producers of amylolytic enzymes, producer microorganisms and the most recent published data about the use of amylolytic enzymes at the bioethanol production.

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Lorenci Woiciechowski, A. et al. (2022). Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Feedstocks for 1G Bioethanol Production. In: Soccol, C.R., Amarante Guimarães Pereira, G., Dussap, CG., Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, L. (eds) Liquid Biofuels: Bioethanol. Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01241-9_4

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