TY - JOUR AU - Sakai, Kiyota AU - Kojiya, Saki AU - Kamijo, Junya AU - Tanaka, Yuta AU - Tanaka, Kenta AU - Maebayashi, Masahiro AU - Oh, Jun-Seok AU - Ito, Masafumi AU - Hori, Masaru AU - Shimizu, Motoyuki AU - Kato, Masashi PY - 2017 DA - 2017/12/04 TI - Oxygen-radical pretreatment promotes cellulose degradation by cellulolytic enzymes JO - Biotechnology for Biofuels SP - 290 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The efficiency of cellulolytic enzymes is important in industrial biorefinery processes, including biofuel production. Chemical methods, such as alkali pretreatment, have been extensively studied and demonstrated as effective for breaking recalcitrant lignocellulose structures. However, these methods have a detrimental effect on the environment. In addition, utilization of these chemicals requires alkali- or acid-resistant equipment and a neutralization step. SN - 1754-6834 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0979-6 DO - 10.1186/s13068-017-0979-6 ID - Sakai2017 ER -