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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2018

Biomass augmentation through thermochemical pretreatments greatly enhances digestion of switchgrass by

Ninad Kothari, Evert K Holwerda, Charles M Cai, Rajeev Kumar, Charles E Wyman

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ninad Kothari1Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA USA.
Evert K Holwerda3Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA.
Charles M Cai1Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA USA.
Rajeev Kumar2Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), Bourns College of Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA USA.
Charles E Wyman1Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7985-2841
University of California, Riverside · USDartmouth College · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe thermophilic anaerobic bacterium

resultsAlamo switchgrass was pretreated using hydrothermal, dilute acid, dilute alkali, and co-solvent-enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation (CELF) pretreatments to produce solids with varying glucan, xylan, and lignin compositions.

conclusionsThe unparalleled comprehensive nature of this work with a comparison of four pretreatment and two biological digestion techniques provides a strong platform for future integration of pretreatment with CBP. Lignin removal had a more positive impact on biological digestion of switchgrass than xylan removal from the biomass. However, the impact of switchgrass structural properties, including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin characterization, would provide a better understanding of lignocellulose deconstruction.

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BioethanolClostridium thermocellumConsolidated bioprocessingPretreatmentSwitchgrass

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PMID30087696
PMCPMC6076393
OpenAlexW2886106497

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