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From: Maize feedstocks with improved digestibility reduce the costs and environmental impacts of biomass pretreatment and saccharification

Fig. 5

Flow scheme for the production of cellulosic ethanol from maize lignocellulosic biomass using dilute-acid pretreatment; dotted lines delimit the system boundary. During cellulosic ethanol production, the polysaccharide fraction (cellulose and hemicellulose) of plant lignocellulose is deconstructed via thermochemical pretreatment. The resulting slurry is neutralized to prevent enzyme limitations during the saccharification stage. Fermentation of saccharification broths yields ethanol

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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

ISSN: 2731-3654

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