Altering Lignin Composition to Improve Biofuel Production
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.15.00668
Subject(s) - hemicellulose , cellulosic ethanol , biofuel , lignin , cellulose , ethanol fuel , biology , fermentation , pulp and paper industry , production (economics) , fossil fuel , composition (language) , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , biochemistry , ecology , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics
Through the wonders of fermentation, simple sugars derived from enzymatic degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose in the plant cell wall are converted to the biofuel cellulosic ethanol, an attractive alternative to fossil fuels and grain-derived ethanol ([Solomon et al., 2007][1]). Before this
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