Effects of cre1 modification in the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus PC9: altering substrate preference during biological pretreatment

Abstract Background During the process of bioethanol production, cellulose is hydrolyzed into its monomeric soluble units. For efficient hydrolysis, a chemical and/or mechanical pretreatment step is required. Such pretreatment is designed to increase enzymatic digestibility of the cellulose chains i...

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Main Authors: Shahar Yoav, Tomer M. Salame, Daria Feldman, Dana Levinson, Michael Ioelovich, Ely Morag, Oded Yarden, Edward A. Bayer, Yitzhak Hadar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-018-1209-6