Current perspective on pretreatment technologies using lignocellulosic biomass: An emerging biorefinery concept

B Kumar, N Bhardwaj, K Agrawal, V Chaturvedi… - Fuel Processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
A critical factor which controls the socio-economic development of any nation is “energy”.
With depleting fossil fuels, there is a shift in focus to lignocellulosic biorefinery. The review …

Biomass-based biorefineries: An important architype towards a circular economy

B Kumar, P Verma - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Fossil based resources are a major contributor to energy and chemicals to modern-day
development. The negative environmental impacts of fossil-based resources accompanied …

[HTML][HTML] Current perspective on production and applications of microbial cellulases: a review

N Bhardwaj, B Kumar, K Agrawal, P Verma - Bioresources and …, 2021 - Springer
The potential of cellulolytic enzymes has been widely studied and explored for
bioconversion processes and plays a key role in various industrial applications. Cellulase, a …

[HTML][HTML] A detailed overview of xylanases: an emerging biomolecule for current and future prospective

N Bhardwaj, B Kumar, P Verma - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2019 - Springer
Xylan is the second most abundant naturally occurring renewable polysaccharide available
on earth. It is a complex heteropolysaccharide consisting of different monosaccharides such …

An overview on the recent developments in fungal cellulase production and their industrial applications

A Singh, S Bajar, A Devi, D Pant - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The enzyme cellulase is a consortium of three enzymes—exo-glucanase, endo-glucanase
and β-glucosidase, which can be produced by various microorganisms naturally and is …

Enzyme mediated multi-product process: a concept of bio-based refinery

B Kumar, P Verma - Industrial crops and products, 2020 - Elsevier
The bio-based refinery has evolved as a strong alternative to the fossil-based refinery. Fossil
fuels have been critical to meet the global energy and chemical needs. The rapid utilization …

A critical review on exploitation of agro-industrial biomass as substrates for the therapeutic microbial enzymes production and implemented protein purification …

D Raina, V Kumar, S Saran - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Annually, a huge amount of waste is generated by the industries that use agricultural
biomass. Researchers have looked into employing this cheap and renewable agro-biomass …

Bioconversion of rice straw by synergistic effect of in-house produced ligno-hemicellulolytic enzymes for enhanced bioethanol production

N Bhardwaj, B Kumar, K Agrawal, P Verma - Bioresource technology …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work attempts have been made to mimic the natural system of biomass
delignification using laccase from Myrothecium verrucaria ITCC-8447 and synergistic effect …

Biotechnological potential of psychrophilic microorganisms as the source of cold-active enzymes in food processing applications

M Kumari, S Padhi, S Sharma, LC Phukon, SP Singh… - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
Microorganisms striving in extreme environments and exhibiting optimal growth and
reproduction at low temperatures, otherwise known as psychrophilic microorganisms, are …

Production optimization of yellow laccase from Stropharia sp. ITCC 8422 and enzyme-mediated depolymerization and hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for …

K Agrawal, P Verma - Biomass conversion and biorefinery, 2020 - Springer
Biological pretreatment plays a crucial role in utilization of copiously present lignocellulosic
biomass in biorefinery. Thus, yellow laccase–producing strain Stropharia sp. ITCC 8422 was …