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Green degumming of banana pseudostem fibers for yarn manufacturing in textile industries

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Banana, a lignocellulosic feedstock, cultivation is happening in 120 countries with annual production of 99.99 million tons all over the world. Generally, banana pseudostem will be thrown as waste biomass after each harvest as it is unstable for the upcoming harvest. Banana pseudostem waste after each harvest contributes about 120–165 tons/ha annually. Banana pseudostem has potential feedstock in green chemistry, bioactive compounds, and efficient inducer in enzyme production. The biggest challenge in banana cultivation is the utilization of banana pseudostem waste biomass into valuable products. The hypothesis of this research relies on the sustainable conversion of banana pseudostem biomass for the production of industrial enzymes and enzymatic degumming of banana pseudostem fiber. In this study, banana pseudostem is employed as a solid substrate for the production of xylan-pectinase enzyme under solid-state fermentation by Enterobacter cloacae PMC04. The highest pectinase and xylanase activities obtained using the banana pseudostem were observed as 124.62 U/mL and 173.81 U/mL respectively. Thermodynamics stated that the range 40–50 °C was considered to be the optimal temperature for xylano-pectinase enzyme production and subsequent green degumming of banana fibers. Green degumming necessitates the removal of hemicellulose substances which can be achieved by the crude xylano-pectinase enzyme. It was found that crude xylano-pectinase was efficient in the removal of hemicellulose substances from banana fibers. Results obtained from this study demonstrate that the proposed bioprocess could be successfully applied for the degumming of banana fibers sustainably.

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This study received financial support from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for the financial assistance through Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL) with sanctioned reference number (DBT-NER/AGRI/33/2016 ft. 22/03/2016 of DBT & BCIL/NER-BPMC/2018/245 ft. 26/03/2018 of BCIL).

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Mira Chares Subash: conceptualization; methodology; data curation; writing—original draft preparation; writing—reviewing, and editing.

Muthiah Perumalsamy: conceptualization; methodology; supervision; writing—reviewing, and editing.

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Highlights

• Isolation of hemicellulose degrading microorganisms from banana waste–decomposed soil.

• Production of xylano-pectinase enzyme with banana pseudostem as a solid substrate.

• Kinetic and thermodynamic study of crude xylano-pectinase enzyme.

• Degumming of banana fibers with crude xylano pectinase enzyme.

• Green degummed banana fibers exhibit elevated tensile strength, crystallinity, and thermal properties.

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Subash, M.c., Perumalsamy, M. Green degumming of banana pseudostem fibers for yarn manufacturing in textile industries. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 5285–5294 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02850-1

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