过氧甲酸预处理对甘蔗渣酶解和发酵的影响

以甘蔗渣(SCB)为原料, 经过氧甲酸(PAP)预处理后加入酶进行水解, 并以水解液发酵产乙醇, 考察预处理时过氧化氢(HPP)浓度变化对甘蔗渣酶解和乙醇得率的影响。实验结果表明: 在甘蔗渣PAP预处理过程中, HPP与甲酸(FAP)体积比为1∶1时, 预处理甘蔗渣(PAP-SCB-1)的木质素脱除率达84.30%;在纤维素酶用量为10 FPIU/g(以预处理后的甘蔗渣质量计)时, PAP-SCB-1水解72 h葡萄糖得率为98.71%, 较单独过氧化氢预处理甘蔗渣(HPP-SCB, 葡萄糖得率9.11%)和单独甲酸预处理甘蔗渣(FAP-SCB, 葡萄糖得率7.06%), 分别提高了9.84和12.98倍; PAP-SCB-1水解液经24 h发酵后, 乙醇得率为84.06%, 比HPP-SCB(76.20%)和FAP-SCB(75.15%)均有增加。对预处理前后物料的化学成分变化、比表面积和结晶度进行测定, 结果显示: 经PAP预处理后可以显著脱除甘蔗渣中的木质素, 木质素的量由未经预处理的21.27%降低到10%以下; 比表面积和结晶度都有提高, PAP-SCB-1的比表面积和结晶度分别为13.01 m²/g和54.18%, 是HPP-SCB的10.66和1.11倍, FAP-SCB的11.39和1.15倍。     

Swollenin pre-conditioning: optimization studies and application aiming at d-lactic acid production from sugarcane bagasse

The enzymatic hydrolysis still stands as a challenge regarding the use of renewable feedstocks, as well as of lignocellulosic materials. The present work reports optimization of swollenin addition to pretreated sugarcane bagasse, in a step prior to the enzymatic hydrolysis, named pre-conditioning. Also, it describes further fermentation of the hydrolyzed material to d-lactic acid. Trichoderma harzianum enzymatic cocktail was produced from pretreated sugarcane bagasse, while swollenin was produced using Aspergillus niger as a host for recombinant protein expression. For pre-conditioning optimization, a Central Composite Rotatable Design was applied and validated. The optimized conditions were used to produce the hydrolysate that was fermented to D-lactic acid by Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens. It could be observed that pre-conditioning effectively leads to improvements in glucose release: 62% of hydrolysis efficiency. Besides, it was possible to use the produced hydrolysate to obtain d-lactic acid, with a yield of 1.34?g/g and a productivity of 1.59?g/L h^?1.     

Effect of LHW,HCl, and NaOH pretreatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse: sugar recovery and fractal-like kinetics

Conversion of lignocellulose to sugars involves two main processes, namely pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Lignocellulose pretreatment leads to the degradation of enzymatic recalcitrance of substrate for achieving efficient saccharification. In this study, liquid hot water (LHW), hydrochloric acid (HCl), and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were as reagents used to pretreat sugarcane bagasse (SB). Results showed that LHW, HCl, and NaOH pretreatment could solubilize 95.3%, 94.7% xylan and 88.7% lignin, respectively. Enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated SB showed that the maximum glucose (26.0?g/L) and xylose (12.7?g/L) concentration were produced by NaOH pretreatment, and slightly more glucose and less xylose were produced after HCl pretreatment compared to LHW pretreatment. Addition of Tween 80 or xylanase could significantly improve both glucose and xylose production. At 48?h, the glucose increase for LHW, HC1 and NaOH pretreatment was 38.3%, 26.4% and 8.0%, respectively, and the xylose increase for them was 35.0%, 24.9% and 1.7%, respectively. Fractal-like kinetics showed that the value of rate constant increased after the addition of Tween 80 or xylanase, and the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis mainly depended on rate constant other than fractal dimension of substrate. Totally, substrate accessibility was dominated for efficient of lignocellulose to sugar compared to enzyme loading. The application of fractal-like theory on the heterogeneous enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose was quite successful.     

汽爆甘蔗渣转化乙醇的实验研究

研究了甘蔗渣的汽爆条件,并利用高效液相色谱（HPLC）对甘蔗渣汽爆产物进行了分析。在相同汽爆蒸汽压力下,随着汽爆保压时间的延长,降解产生的对后续酶解和发酵有害的物质甲酸、乙酸和糠醛等也随之增加。研究了汽爆甘蔗渣的酶解和发酵性能,在实验室小试的基础上,进一步利用50 L发酵罐进行放大的酶解和发酵实验,在酶解液固形物浓度27.09%（ω）条件下,48 h发酵液乙醇浓度6.17%（φ）,显示汽爆甘蔗渣能够较好地被转化用于生产乙醇。     

High efficiency bioethanol production from OPEFB using pilot pretreatment reactor

BACKGROUND: Current ethanol production processes using crops such as corn and sugar cane are well established. However, the utilization of cheaper biomasses such as lignocellulose could make bioethanol more competitive with fossil fuels while avoiding the ethical concerns associated with using potential food resources. RESULTS: Oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB), a lignocellulosic biomass, was pretreated using NaOH to produce bioethanol. The pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis conditions were evaluated by response surface methodology (RSM). The optimal conditions were found to be 127.64 °C, 22.08 min, and 2.89 mol L^?1 for temperature, reaction time, and NaOH concentration, respectively. Regarding enzymatic digestibility, 50 FPU g^?1 cellulose of cellulase was selected as the test concentration, resulting in a total glucose conversion rate (TGCR) of 86.37% using the Changhae Ethanol Multi Explosion (CHEMEX) facility. Fermentation of pretreated OPEFB using Saccharomyces cerevisiae resulted in an ethanol concentration of 48.54 g L^?1 at 20% (w/v) pretreated biomass loading, along with simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) processes. Overall, 410.48 g of ethanol were produced from 3 kg of raw OPEFB in a single run, using the CHEMEX_50 L reactor. CONCLUSION: The results presented here constitute a significant contribution to the production of bioethanol from OPEFB. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Acid and enzymatic saccharification of agricultural mixed polymers for alcohol production

The paper reports the evaluation of potentials of acid (HCl and H₂SO₄) and enzymatically (cellulase) saccharified corncob, groundnut shell, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw biopolymers for ethanol production. Of the three yeast isolates tested, Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus was found to be most efficient, closely followed by Kluyveromyces marxianus NCYC 179 in its ability to ferment enzymatically hydrolysed mash of all the substrates tested to ethanol. However, S. cerevisiae NCYC 240 and acid hydrolysed agricultural polymers were found to be a poor organism and poor substrates, respectively, for ethanol fermentation. The order of ethanol production on substrate basis was corncob > wheat straw > sugarcane bagasse > groundnut shell biomass biopolymer. An incubation period of 24 h was found optimum for the optimal production of ethanol by S. cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus in both acid and enzymatically hydrolysed agricultural residues.     

Evaluation of acids and cellulase enzyme for the effective hydrolysis of agricultural lignocellulosic residues

This paper reports the results of experimentation carried out to compare the ability of mineral acids (HCl and H₂SO₄) and cellulase enzyme (from Trichoderma reesei QM 9414) in the saccharification of corn-cob, groundnut shell, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw. With the exception of corn-cobs, acids proved to be better saccharifying agents than the cellulase complex, but the former gave a poor substrate for alcoholic fermentation since the saccharified mashes contained large amounts of pentoses which are not metabolized by most strains of yeast. In addition, both acids and enzymes have been found to be substrate specific. Maximal saccharification of groundnut shell, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw were obtained with sulphuric acid at 15.0, 5.0 and 5.0% (v/v) under 15, 15 and 15 psi pressure for 15, 30 and 30 min, respectively; whereas hydrochloric acid at 7.5% (v/v) with. autoclaving for 30 min at 10 psi resulted in maximum saccharification of corn-cob. However, the order of susceptibility of substrates to enzymatic attack was corn-cob > wheat straw > sugarcane bagasse > groundnut shell. Increase in enzyme concentration (1–4 IU ml^?1) and treatment duration (12–72 h) improved saccharification, but increases in substrate concentration (>5.0%, w/v) had an inhibitory effect on the hydrolytic ability of the cellulase enzyme complex. Of the various substrate-acid ratios tested, a ratio of 1:8 was found to be optimal for the eflcient hydrolysis of the substrates under study.     

离子及表面活性剂对甜高粱秆渣酶解的影响

为了提高纤维素酶水解经高温液态水处理后的甜高粱秆渣的效率,探讨了多种阴离子、阳离子以及吐温80(Tween 80)对纤维素酶活力的影响,并初步探讨了Tween 80影响甜高粱秆渣酶解的机制。酶激活试验表明,Br^-、I^-、NO₃^-、Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺和Co²⁺对纤维素酶有激活作用,但对甜高粱秆渣的水解效率提高不明显。添加Tween 80发现,随着浓度的增加,它对纤维素酶的抑制作用增强,而Tween 80添加量为0.175 ml·(g甜高粱秆渣)^-1时,甜高粱秆渣的酶解效率由16.6%提高到37.9%。吸附试验表明,甜高粱秆渣对纤维素酶和Tween 80的吸附达到一定限度后不再上升,Tween 80能显著降低甜高粱秆渣对纤维素酶的吸附。红外光谱分析发现,木质素对Tween 80的吸附要强于它对纤维素酶的吸附。     

Enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of lime pretreated wheat straw to ethanol

BACKGROUND: The objective of this work is to develop an efficient pretreatment method that can help enzymes break down the complex carbohydrates present in wheat straw to sugars, and to then ferment of all these sugars to ethanol. RESULTS: The yield of sugars from wheat straw (8.6%, w/v) by lime pretreatment (100 mg g^?1 straw, 121 °C, 1 h) and enzymatic hydrolysis (45 °C, pH 5.0, 120 h) using a cocktail of three commercial enzyme preparations (cellulase, β‐glucosidase, and xylanase) at the dose level of 0.15 mL of each enzyme preparation g^?1 straw was 568 ± 13 mg g^?1 (82% yield). The concentration of ethanol from lime pretreated enzyme saccharified wheat straw (78 g) hydrolyzate by recombinant Escherichia coli strain FBR5 at pH 6.5 and 35 °C in 24 h was 22.5 ± 0.6 g L^?1 with a yield of 0.50 g g^?1 available sugars (0.29 g g^?1 straw). The ethanol concentration was 20.6 ± 0.4 g L^?1 with a yield of 0.26 g g^?1 straw in the case of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation by the E. coli strain at pH 6.0 and 35 °C in 72 h. CONCLUSION: The results are important in choosing a suitable pretreatment option for developing bioprocess technologies for conversion of wheat straw to fuel ethanol. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

Effect of several factors on peracetic acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse for enzymatic hydrolysis

BACKGROUND: Lignocellulose should undergo pretreatment to enhance its enzymatic digestibility before being saccharified. Peracetic acid (PAA) is a strong oxidant that can remove lignin under mild conditions. The sulfuric acid in the PAA solution also can cause degradation of hemicelluloses. The objective of the present work is to investigate the effect of several factors on peracetic acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse. RESULTS: It was found that PAA charge, liquid/solid (l/s) ratio, temperature, time, interactions between PAA charge and l/s ratio, temperature and time, all had a very significant effect on the enzymatic conversion ratio of cellulose. The relative optimum condition was obtained as follows: PAA charge 50%, l/s ratio 6:1, temperature 80 °C and time 2 h. More than 80% of the cellulose in bagasse treated under the above conditions was converted to glucose by cellulase of 20 FPU g^?1 cellulose. Compared with H₂SO₄ and NaOH pretreatments under the same mild conditions, PAA pretreatment was the most effective for enhancement of enzymatic digestibility. CONCLUSION: PAA pretreatment could greatly enhance the enzymatic digestibility of sugarcane bagasse by removing hemicelluloses and lignin, but removal of lignin was more helpful. This study can serve as a step to further optimization of PAA pretreatment and understanding the mechanism of enhancement of enzymatic digestibility. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

Wet oxidation pretreatment of lignocellulosic residues of sugarcane,rice, cassava and peanuts for ethanol production

Wet oxidation (WO) pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse, rice hulls, cassava stalks and peanut shells was investigated. WO was performed at 195 °C for 10 min, with 2 g kg^?1 of Na₂CO₃ and under either 3 or 12 bar of oxygen. Oxygen pressure and the type of raw material used had a major effect on the fractionation of the materials, formation of sugars and by‐products, and cellulose enzymatic convertibility. Cellulose content in the solid fraction increased after pretreatment of all materials, except rice hulls. The greatest increase, from 361 g kg^?1 to almost 600 g kg^?1, occurred for bagasse. The solubilisation of individual components was different for each material. Bagasse xylan was solubilised to a large extent, and 45.2% of it was recovered as xylose and xylo‐oligosaccharides in the liquid fraction. In the prehydrolysates of rice hulls around 40% of the original glucan was recovered as gluco‐oligosaccharides, due to hydrolysis of starch contained in grain remains. The formation of by‐products was modest for all the materials, but increased with increasing oxygen pressure. The highest yield of acetic acid (34–36 g kg^?1 of raw material) and furfural (0.7–1.8 g kg^?1) occurred for bagasse. The pretreatment enhanced the enzymatic convertibility of cellulose giving the best result (670.2 g kg^?1) for bagasse pretreated at the highest oxygen pressure. However, for the other materials the pretreatment conditions were not effective in achieving cellulose conversions above 450 g kg^?1. Some enzymatic conversion of xylan was observed. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of pretreated Antigonum leptopus (Linn) leaves to ethanol

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of alkaline hydrogen peroxide pretreated Antigonum leptopus (Linn) leaves to ethanol was optimized using cellulase from Trichoderma reesei QM‐9414 (Celluclast® from Novo) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae NRRL‐Y‐132 cells. Contrary to the saccharification optima (2.5% w/v substrate concentration, 50 °C, 4.5 pH, 40 FPU cellulase g⁻¹ substrate and 24 h reaction time), the SSF optima was found to be somewhat different (10% w/v substrate, 40 °C, 100 FPU cellulase g⁻¹ substrate and 72 h). Better ethanol yields were obtained with SSF compared with the traditional saccharification and subsequent fermentation (S&F) and when the cellulase was supplemented with β‐glucosidase. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry     

Investigation of cellulose convertibility and ethanolic fermentation of sugarcane bagasse pretreated by wet oxidation and steam explosion

Sugarcane bagasse was pretreated by wet oxidation (WO) at 195 °C for 15 min under either alkaline, neutral or acidic conditions, and by steam explosion (STEX) at 205 °C for 10 min. Alkaline WO was more favourable than neutral and acidic WO for the following enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose, giving 792 g kg^?1 glucose yield after 48 h. The enzymatic hydrolysis of the fibres in the whole slurry was inhibited by inhibitory compounds contained in the prehydrolysate in comparison with the hydrolysis of the washed solid fibres in buffer. The inhibition increased proportionally with formic acid concentration in the pretreated liquid fraction. Cellulose conversion was higher for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) than for separate hydrolysis. The highest SSF conversion (829 g kg^?1) was obtained for the material treated by alkaline WO. The fermentability of the prehydrolysates by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was evaluated. Stronger inhibition of ethanolic fermentation was observed in the prehydrolysate obtained by steam explosion. The inhibition was more noticeable for the volumetric productivity than for the ethanol yield. The volumetric productivity was reduced by 94.5 and 91.2% for STEX and WO, respectively, whereas the ethanol yield was reduced only by 45.2 and 31.0%, correspondingly, for STEX and WO. Furan aldehydes seemed to be mainly responsible for the inhibition of the fermentation. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry     

FED-BATCH SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION OF MICROWAVE/ACID/ALKALI/H2O2 PRETREATED RICE STRAW FOR PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL

The batch simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of microwave/acid/alkali/H₂O₂ pretreated rice straw to ethanol was optimized using cellulase from Trichoderma reesei and Saccharomyces cerevisiae YC-097 cells prior to the fed-batch SSF studies. The batch SSF optima were 10% w/v substrate, 40°C, 15 mg cellulase/g substrate, initial pH 5.3, and 72 hours. Under the optimum conditions the ethanol concentration and its yield were 29.1 g/L and 61.3% respectively. Based on the optimal batch SSF, the fed-batch SSF was investigated and its operation parameters were optimized. Under its optimal conditions the ethanol concentration reached 57.3 g/L, while its productivity and yield were only slightly less than those in the batch SSF. This suggests that fed-batch SSF is a potential operation mode for effective ethanol production from microwave/acid/alkali/H₂O₂ pretreated rice straw.     

Enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse for bioethanol production: determining optimal enzyme loading using neural networks

BACKGROUND: The efficient production of a fermentable hydrolyzate is an immensely important requirement in the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock in bioethanol production processes. The identification of the optimal enzyme loading is of particular importance to maximize the amount of glucose produced from lignocellulosic materials while maintaining low costs. This requirement can only be achieved by incorporating reliable methodologies to properly address the optimization problem. RESULTS: In this work, a data‐driven technique based on artificial neural networks and design of experiments have been integrated in order to identify the optimal enzyme combination. The enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse was used as a case study. This technique was used to build up a model of the combined effects of cellulase (FPU/L) and β‐glucosidase (CBU/L) loads on glucose yield (%) after enzymatic hydrolysis. The optimal glucose yield, above 99%, was achieved with cellulase and β‐glucosidase concentrations in the ranges of 460.0 to 580.0 FPU L^?1 (15.3–19.3 FPU g^?1 bagasse) and 750.0 to 1140.0 CBU L^?1 (2–38 CBU g^?1 bagasse), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The dynamic model developed can be used not only to the prediction of glucose concentration profiles for different enzymatic loadings, but also to obtain the optimum enzymes loading that leads to high glucose yield. It can promote both a successful hydrolysis process control and a more effective employment of enzymes. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

两段碳酸钠―氧预处理提高麦草酶水解糖化性能的研究

探讨了不同Na2CO3用量下两段碳酸钠―氧(Na2CO3-O2)预处理对麦草化学成分及酶水解效率的影响。Na2CO3-O2预处理麦草浆料得率随Na2CO3用量增大而下降,木质素脱除率随之增加。预处理后废液的pH值约为9,可有效避免碳水化合物的碱性水解和二次剥皮反应,保持较高的预处理浆料得率。预处理后浆料经过由纤维素酶、木聚糖酶和β-纤维二糖酶组合而成的混合酶水解,当预处理Na2CO3用量(以Na2O计)从12%增至18%时,预处理浆料总糖得率的增加较为显著。经20 PFU/g纤维素酶水解48 h后,总用碱量为18%的两段Na2CO3-O2预处理浆料的酶水解总糖得率为40.8%,总糖转化率为67.0%。     

Restructuring the processes for furfural and xylose production from sugarcane bagasse in a biorefinery concept for ethanol production

This study consisted in restructuring the processes for furfural and xylose production from sugarcane bagasse in a biorefinery concept for the residues utilization on ethanol production.The dilute acid hydrolysis conditions for furfural or xylose production were firstly established on laboratory scale and then reproduced on a 10-L bench reactor fed with direct steam. The furfural production was maximum when using a 1.25% (w/w on dry fiber) H₂SO₄ solution at 175 °C during 40 min; whereas the xylose production attained the best results when using a 1% (w/v) H₂SO₄ solution in a solid/liquid ratio of 1/4 (g/mL), and the sugarcane bagasse impregnated with the acid solution during 24 h prior to the hydrolysis reaction. Enzymatic hydrolysis of the residual solid material obtained from furfural or xylose production was performed with yields of 17.4 and 9.3 g glucose/100 g initial raw material, respectively. Subsequently, ethanol was produced from the residual solid materials obtained from furfural and xylose production with yields of 87.4% and 89.3% respectively, based on the maximum theoretical value (0.51 g ethanol per g glucose in hydrolysate). Such results demonstrated the possibility of restructuring the processes for furfural or xylose production to obtain solid residues able to be used as substrate for ethanol production by fermentation.     

Evaluation of the effects of operational parameters in the pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse with diluted sulfuric acid using analysis of variance

The pretreatment of lignocellulosic residues has been extensively studied as a method to disrupt the cellulose–hemicelluloses–lignin complex in biomass to access the sugars in their respective components. In this work, we carried out a study using sulfuric acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by varying the following operational parameters: solid loading (10–30% of bagasse relative to the volume of the sulfuric acid solution), sulfuric acid concentration (0.5–2.5% relative to the dry mass of bagasse), reaction time (5–25?min), and temperature (135–195°C). The obtained solids from each pretreatment condition were submitted to enzymatic hydrolysis under the same process conditions: 0.232?g of Celluclast 1.5?L and 0.052?g of Novozym 188 per g of pretreated sugarcane bagasse, 72?h of hydrolysis, and 200?rpm of agitation at 50°C. Using central composite rotational design configuration in the experiments and analysis of variance, the results indicate that the conditions that produced larger quantities of glucose by enzymatic hydrolysis (0.35?g glucose/g pulp) with minimum amounts of degradation products were as follows: 20% solids loading, 15?min of reaction time, 1.5% sulfuric acid, and a minimum temperature of reaction of 170°C.     

Arabinosylated phenolics obtained from SO2‐steam‐pretreated sugarcane bagasse

A pentose‐rich hydrolysate fraction obtained by extraction of steam‐pretreated sugarcane bagasse was analysed with regard to dissolved phenolics. The liquid obtained after steam pretreatment (2% SO₂ (w/w) at 190 °C for 5 min) was divided into two parts: one containing dissolved compounds originating from hemicellulose (with xylose as the dominating compound), and the other containing predominantly dissolved compounds originating from lignin. Using nuclear magnetic resonance, the main dissolved compounds originating from lignin were identified as the glycosylated aromatics, 5‐O‐(trans‐feruloyl)‐L‐Arabinofuranose and 5‐O‐(trans‐coumaroyl)‐L‐Arabinofuranose, together with p‐coumaric acid and small amounts of more common free phenolics such as p‐hydroxybenzaldehyde, p‐hydroxybenzoic acid and vanillin. The phenolic compounds were analysed and quantified using reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography. The findings show that SO₂ steam explosion opened up new degradation pathways during lignin degradation. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

Enzymatic saccharification of dissolution pretreated waste cellulosic fabrics for bacterial cellulose production by Gluconacetobacter xylinus

BACKGROUND: Waste textiles, such as dyed cellulosic and/or polyester blended fabrics have the potential to serve as an alternative feedstock for the production of biological products via microbial fermentation. Dissolution pretreatment was employed to enhance the enzymatic saccharification of dyed and synthetic fiber blended cellulosic fabrics. The fermentable reducing sugars obtained from waste cellulosic fabrics were used to culture Gluconobacter xylinus for value‐added bacterial cellulose (BC) production. RESULTS: Concentrated phosphoric acid was the ultimate cellulose solvent for dissolution pretreatment since 5% w/w cellulosic fabric can be completed dissolved at 50 °C. After regeneration in water, the cellulosic precipitate was subjected to cellulase hydrolysis, resulting in at least 4‐fold enhancement of saccharification rate and reducing sugars yield. The colored saccharification products can be utilized by G. xylinus to produce BC, approximately 1.8 g L^?1 BC pellicle was obtained after 7 days static cultivation. CONCLUSION: Dyed and blended waste fabric can be pretreated effectively by dissolution to produce fermentable sugars by cellulase hydrolysis. Dissolution pretreatment can expose the dyed or polyester fiber covered digestible cellulosic fibers to cellulase and leads to a significant enhancement of saccharification yield. The colored saccharification products have no significant inhibiting effect on the fermentation activity of G. xylinus for BC production. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry