Growing concerns around the generation of biomass waste have triggered conversation
around sustainable utilization of these seemingly waste materials as feedstock towards …

Lignocellulose is a generic term used to describe plant biomass. It is the most abundant
renewable carbon resource in the world and is mainly composed of lignin, cellulose and …

Multicopper oxidases (MCOs) are a pervasive family of enzymes that oxidize a wide range of
phenolic and nonphenolic aromatic substrates, concomitantly with the reduction of dioxygen …

Ligninolytic fungi and enzymes (ie, laccase, manganese peroxidase, and lignin peroxidase)
have been applied recently in the production of second-generation biofuels. This review …

The unique selectivity of enzymes, along with their remarkable catalytic activity, constitute
powerful tools for transforming renewable feedstock and also for adding value to an array of …

Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass is still struggling with many obstacles.
One of them is lignocellulosic inhibitors. The aim of this review is to discuss the most known …

Background The discovery of lignin as activator for the redox enzyme lytic polysaccharide
monooxygenases (LPMOs) for the oxidation of cell-wall polysaccharides opens a new …

The biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is a low-cost and eco-friendly method
for facilitating enzymatic hydrolysis. In this study, strains with lignin depletion capability were …

The continuous increase in the world energy and chemicals demand requires the
development of sustainable alternatives to non-renewable sources of energy. Biomass …

Lignocellulosic biomasses have a very important role as a raw material to produce biofuels
and biochemicals. However, a sustainable, efficient, and economically competitive process …