Kinetic study of batch and fed-batch enzymatic saccharification of pretreated substrate and subsequent fermentation to ethanol

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Enzymatic hydrolysis, the rate limiting step in the process development for biofuel, is always hampered by its low sugar concentration. High solid enzymatic saccharification could solve this problem but has several other drawbacks su...

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Main Authors: Gupta Rishi, Kumar Sanjay, Gomes James, Kuhad Ramesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/5/1/16