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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials as Substrates for Fermentation Processes.

Karolina Kucharska, Piotr Rybarczyk, Iwona Hołowacz, Rafał Łukajtis, Marta Glinka, Marian Kamiński

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Karolina KucharskaDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. karkucha@pg.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0001-5826-922X
Piotr RybarczykDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. piotr.rybarczyk@pg.edu.pl.
Iwona HołowaczDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. iwona.holowacz@pg.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-7287-3519
Rafał ŁukajtisDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. rafal.lukajtis@pg.edu.pl.
Marta GlinkaDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. martglink@gmail.com.
Marian KamińskiDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland. markamin@pg.edu.pl.

Funding

National Science Centre, Poland UMO-2014/13/B/ST8/04258
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable resource that potentially contains large amounts of energy. It is an interesting alternative for fossil fuels, allowing the production of biofuels and other organic compounds. In this paper, a review devoted to the processing of lignocellulosic materials as substrates for fermentation processes is presented. The review focuses on physical, chemical, physicochemical, enzymatic, and microbiologic methods of biomass pretreatment. In addition to the evaluation of the mentioned methods, the aim of the paper is to understand the possibilities of the biomass pretreatment and their influence on the efficiency of biofuels and organic compounds production. The effects of different pretreatment methods on the lignocellulosic biomass structure are described along with a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of each method, including the potential generation of inhibitory compounds for enzymatic hydrolysis, the effect on cellulose digestibility, the generation of compounds that are toxic for the environment, and energy and economic demand. The results of the investigations imply that only the stepwise pretreatment procedure may ensure effective fermentation of the lignocellulosic biomass. Pretreatment step is still a challenge for obtaining cost-effective and competitive technology for large-scale conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars with low inhibitory concentration.

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FermentationBiofuelsBiomassHydrogenHydrolysisLigninTemperatureBiofuelsHydrogenLigninlignocellulosebiohydrogendark fermentationhydrolysislignocellulosic biomasspretreatment

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PMID30423814
PMCPMC6278514

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