Figure 1

Box and whisker plot for sugar yields at varying pretreatment conditions. Minimum and maximum values, as well as the interquartile range, are shown. Median values are represented by the + sign. Pretreatment conditions were varied as stated in the text. For all data points, hydrolysis was performed at 3% solid loading, 50°C, 200 rpm rotation, and 5 mg Accelerase/g dry biomass, with samples collected after 72 h.