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Table 3 Glucose yields from pretreated samples following enzymic saccharification

From: What cell wall components are the best indicators for Miscanthus digestibility and conversion to ethanol following variable pretreatments?

Miscanthus accession

Mild water

Severe water

Acid

Alkali

Accession mean

Pre-enzyme

Post-enzyme

Pre-enzyme

Post-enzyme

Pre-enzyme

Post-enzyme

Post-enzyme

Post-enzyme

High 1

21.1 ± 0.3

c

96.4 ± 3.4

e

18.5 ± 0.7

e

90.3 ± 2.2

e

23.4 ± 1.1

e

136.5 ± 3.4

f

144.6 ± 18.4

ab

75.8

High 2

16.4 ± 4.6

c

78.3 ± 0.8

d

18.6 ± 0.3

ab

87.4 ± 4.6

ab

22.3 ± 0.4

e

127.1 ± 2.8

f

193.3 ± 0.0

c

77.6

High 3

2.7 ± 0.1

a

53.1 ± 1.9

b

3.1 ± 0.3

e

53.6 ± 0.9

e

6.7 ± 0.9

b

112.1 ± 2.2

e

163.5 ± 0.2

abc

56.4

Medium 1

3.7 ± 1.0

ab

55.0 ± 0.9

b

2.3 ± 0.1

a

63.6 ± 3.0

bcd

3.4 ± 0.3

a

85.5 ± 1.4

cd

169.3 ± 4.4

bc

54.7

Medium 2

2.6 ± 0.5

a

61.6 ± 0.5

c

2.4 ± 0.1

a

74.2 ± 0.5

d

3.3 ± 0.5

a

94.1 ± 1.6

d

165.0 ± 5.7

abc

57.6

Medium 3

9.6 ± 1.1

b

58.0 ± 2.6

bc

10.1 ± 1.1

d

66.1 ± 4.9

cd

11.8 ± 0.1

d

81.8 ± 1.5

c

155.8 ± 2.8

ab

56.2

Low 1

3.6 ± 0.2

ab

43.0 ± 1.1

a

3.0 ± 0.2

ab

55.6 ± 0.5

abc

3.9 ± 0.5

a

68.8 ± 3.7

b

144.5 ± 5.1

ab

46.1

Low 2

7.1 ± 0.8

ab

42.4 ± 0.8

a

6.6 ± 0.1

c

50.6 ± 2.2

a

8.4 ± 1.0

bc

56.9 ± 1.6

a

137.2 ± 9.3

a

44.2

Low 3

5.3 ± 0.1

ab

54.4 ± 2.1

b

5.0 ± 0.8

bc

54.0 ± 1.6

ab

9.6 ± 0.4

cd

81.1 ± 4.8

c

138.6 ± 5.4

a

49.7

  1. All values reported in mg g−1 dry solids with significant differences as identified by Tukey HSD multiple comparison (different lower case letters denote significant differences between accessions within treatments)
  2. Alkali pre-enzyme = ≤ 2 mg gDS−1
  3. n = 2 (accession means n = 8)
  4. ± = standard deviation