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Table 1 Chemical compositions of the as harvested and screening upgraded (FS-10) Douglas-fir forest residue

From: High titer and yield ethanol production from undetoxified whole slurry of Douglas-fir forest residue using pH profiling in SPORL

Untreated forest residue

Bark (%)

Glucan (%)

Xylan (%)

Mannan (%)

K Lignin (%)

G + X + M a (%)

As harvested

5.9

38.4

4.4

7.5

30.5

50.3

Screening upgraded (FS-10)

4.7

41.0

5.7

9.7

29.3

56.4

  1. aMajor carbohydrate = glucan (G) + xylan (X) + mannan (M).