Enzyme conversion of lignocellulosic plant materials for resource recovery in a controlled ecological life support system

Details Enzyme conversion of lignocellulosic plant materials for resource recovery in a controlled ecological life support system Enzyme conversion of lignocellulosic plant materials for resource recovery in a controlled ecological life support system

Jan 1996

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Advances in Space Research, Volume 18, Issue 1-2, p. 251-265.

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A large amount of inedible plant material composed primarily of the carbohydrate materials cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin is generated as a result of plant growth in a Controlled Ecological Life-Support System (CELSS). Cellulose is a linear homopolymer of glucose, which when properly processed will yield glucose, a valuable sugar because it can be added directly to human diets. Hemicellulose is a heteropolymer of hexoses and pentoses that can be treated to give a sugar mixture that is potentially a valuable fermentable carbon source. Such fermentations yield desirable supplements to the edible products from hydroponically-grown plants such as rapeseed, soybean, cowpea, or rice. Lignin is a three-dimensionally branched aromatic polymer, composed of phenyl propane units, which is susceptible to bioconversion through the growth of the white rot fungus, Pluerotus ostreatus. Processing conditions, that include both a hot water pretreatment and fungal growth and that lead to the facile conversion of plant polysaccharides to glucose, are presented.

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