Pulp and papermaking industry is a large consumer of fresh water and also an important
source of dark-brown-colored wastewater, generated during various stages of pulping and …

Pretreatment of wood or other raw material with white-rot fungi (WRF) prior to pulping is
known as biopulping. Lignin and hemicelluloses are removed selectively during early …

Filamentous fungi are very important for biotechnological processes due to their potential to
produce metabolites including enzymes, polysaccharides, organic acids, and antibiotics …

Endo-1, 4-β-xylanase (Endo-β-1, 4-xylan, xylanohydrolase; EC. 3.2. 1.8, commonly called
xylanase) is an industrially important enzyme which degrades xylan randomly and produces …

Factors affecting the delignification of steam-exploded rice straw (SERS) by solid-state
fermentation (SSF) with Phanerochaete chrysosporium were systematically investigated …

Hemicellulose and cellulose are the major components of lignocellulosic materials of which
hardwood is part (Malherbe and Cloette, 2003). Hardwood is comprised of 40 to 45% and …

Forest plantations in Malaysia are geared towards supplementing timber produced from
natural forests for downstream industrial manufacturing. Owing to relatively short rotation …

The oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) as solid biomass of palm oil mill industry is available
in abundance and has the potential to be utilized as the raw material of nanocrystalline …

Five endophytic fungal strains isolated from Eucalyptus sp. and capable of producing
laccase (Neofusicoccum luteum, Ulocladium sp., Pringsheimia smilacis, Hormonema sp …

Background: Xylanase (EC 3.2. 1.8, endo-1, 4-β-xylan 4-xylanohydrolase) is a naturally
occurring enzyme that breaks down hemicellulose by converting β-1, 4-xylan into …