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Lignocellulose biomass is one of the most abundant yet underutilized resources in the world due to the strong chemical structures that are recalcitrant for degradation. Microbial pre-treatment is suggested as one of the potential, eco-friendly and efficient methods of pre-treatment for biodegradation of rice straw. In this study, the structure of rice straw was analysed using frontier trans­formed infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) after the microbial pre-treatment for two weeks. The functional groups of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose showed deg­radation after the microbial pre-treatment consisting of Paenibacillus and Asper­gillus fumigatus . The disintegration of rice straw structure was observed via scanning electron microscope (SEM). Fibre analysis revealed the changes in the fibre content after microbial pre-treatment.

Structural Changes of Rice Straw Pre-Treated with Paenibacillus and Aspergillus fumigatus