<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/9999237" mdate="2014-08-04 00:00:00"> <author>Achiraya Jiraprasertwong and Erdogan Gulari and Sumaeth Chavadej</author> <title>Effect of Different Microbial Strains on Biological Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse for Enzymatic Hydrolysis </title> <pages>968 - 972</pages> <year>2014</year> <volume>8</volume> <number>9</number> <journal>International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999237</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/93</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Among agricultural residues, sugarcane bagasse is one of the most convincing raw materials for the production of bioethanol due to its availability, and low cost through enzymatic hydrolysis and yeast fermentation. A pretreatment step is needed to enhance the enzymatic step. In this study, sugarcane bagasse (SCB), one of the most abundant agricultural residues in Thailand, was pretreated biologically with various microorganisms of whiterot fungus&amp;amp;mdash;Phanerochaete sordid (SK 7), Cellulomonas sp. (TISTR 784), and strain A 002 (Bacillus subtilis isolated from Thai higher termites). All samples with various microbial pretreatments were further hydrolyzed enzymatically by a commercial enzyme obtained from Aspergillus niger. The results showed that the pretreatment with the whiterot fungus gave the highest glucose concentration around twofold higher when compared with the others. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 93, 2014</index> </article>