The actinomycete Streptomycetes viridosporus attacks wheat lignocellulose releasing soluble lignin-rich fragments (APPL). Chemical analyses indicated that these APPL contain 20% less guaiacyl and 70% less glucose residues ...

Replacing fossil fuels for biofuels from renewable sources is a viable way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A major goal to optimize biofuel production would be the development of high-yield methods to obtain fermentable ...

The need to develop and commercialize materials containing vegetal fibers has grown in order to reduce environmental impact and reach sustainability. Large amounts of lignocellulosic materials are generated around the world ...

Abstract Background Lignocellulose is one of the most abundant forms of fixed carbon in the biosphere. Current industrial approaches to the degradation of lignocellulose ...

A pretreatment with microwave irradiation was applied to enhance enzyme hydrolysis of corn straw and rice husk immersed in water, aqueous glycerol or alkaline glycerol. Native and pretreated solids underwent enzyme hydrolysis ...

The production of recycled paper for packaging materials is becoming one of the most important activities of paper mills. However, the use of recycled paper as a raw material cause an important increase of dissolved colloidal ...

In aqueous systems, chromium usually exists in both trivalent and hexavalent oxidation states, being Cr(VI) of particular importance and concern due to its great toxicity. Industrial sources of Cr(VI) are leather tanning, ...