Mascoma has developed yeast that can be dropped into all cellulosic ethanol fermentation processes to increase yields by fermenting the full array of sugars present in cellulosic fermentations, and by secreting enzymes (cellulases and hemicellulases) that can improve
hydrolysis yields.
Not exact matches
• Chemical pre-treatment: Mild caustic treatment, at an elevated temperature, is used for partial
hydrolysis of hard - to - digest polysaccharides and proteins, increasing biogas
yields.
It could be down to
hydrolysis of chemical progoitrin which
yields a compound called goitrin.
Borohydride reduction of the periodate - oxidised polysaccharide
yields a polyalcohol, which, on partial
hydrolysis with acid, affords O -(3 - O - methyl - d - galactopyranosyl)- (1 → 4)- O -(3 - O - methyl - d - galactopyranosyl)- (1 → 4)- O -(3 - O - methyl - d - galactopyranosyl)- (1 → 4)- l - rhamnose.
The company's technology platform, based on identifying promising cellulose genes, transforming crop plants with candidate genes, and evaluating the effects on growth,
yield, and cellulose
hydrolysis would be applicable to a variety of energy crops including switchgrass, sorghum, and sugar cane.