TITLE:
Biotechnological Transformation of Lignocellulosic Biomass in to Industrial Products: An Overview
AUTHORS:
Amit Kumar, Archana Gautam, Dharm Dutt
KEYWORDS:
Lignocellulosic Biomass, Bio-Transformation, Bio-Energy, Organic Acids, Microbial Polysaccharides, Single Cell Proteins
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology,
Vol.7 No.3,
March
18,
2016
ABSTRACT: Lignocellulose—a major component of biomass available on earth is a renewable and abundantly
available with great potential for bioconversion to value-added bio-products. The review aims at
physio-chemical features of lignocellulosic biomass and composition of different lignocellulosic
materials. This work is an overview about the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bio-energy
products such as bio-ethanol, 1-butanol, bio-methane, bio-hydrogen, organic acids including
citric acid, succinic acid and lactic acid, microbial polysaccharides, single cell protein and xylitol.
The biotechnological aspect of bio-transformation of lignocelluloses research and its future prospects
are also discussed.