Pretreatment of microcrystalline cellulose in organic electrolyte solutions for enzymatic hydrolysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous studies have shown that the crystalline structure of cellulose is negatively correlated with enzymatic digestibility, therefore, pretreatment is required to break down the highly ordered crystalline structure in cellulose, a...

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Main Authors: Tian Xiao-fei, Fang Zhen, Jiang Dan, Sun Xi-yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
Online Access:http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/4/1/53