Table 1 Chemical composition of untreated and pretreated outer tunic biomass
Biomass sample | Biomass solubilisation (%) | Cellulose | Protein | Ash | Lipid | Mass closure (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
wt. (%) | solub. (%) | wt. (%) | solub. (%) | wt. (%) | solub. (%) | wt. (%) | solub. (%) | |||
Untreated outer tunic | 0.0 | 22.6 ± 1.0 | 0.0 | 28.9 ± 2.9 | 0.0 | 21.8 ± 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 ± 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.6 |
Pretreated (LSR 10) | 55.5 | 45.0 ± 0.1 | 11.4 | 21.0 ± 2.1 | 27.3 | 19.6 ± 0.1 | 60.0 | 3.7 ± 0.1 | 28.4 | 89.3 |
Pretreated (LSR 25) | 59.1 | 44.7 ± 0.2 | 19.1 | 14.8 ± 1.5 | 48.8 | 17.8 ± 0.0 | 66.6 | 4.6 ± 0.2 | 18.2 | 81.9 |
Pretreated (LSR 50) | 59.1 | 53.9 ± 0.3 | 2.5 | 10.5 ± 1.1 | 63.7 | 15.3 ± 0.0 | 71.3 | 2.5 ± 0.0 | 55.5 | 82.2 |
Pretreated (LSR 75) | 67.1 | 65.0 ± 0.0 | 5.4 | 7.1 ± 0.7 | 75.4 | 12.6 ± 0.5 | 81.0 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 78.5 | 86.2 |