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Table 3 Different biological pretreatment strategies involved for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass and its advantages

From: Recent updates on different methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks: a review

Microorganism

Biomass

Major effects

References

Punctualaria sp. TUFC 20056

Bamboo culms

50% lignin removal

Suhara et al. (2012)

Irpex lacteus

Corn stalks

82% of hydrolysis yield

Du et al. (2011)

Fungal consortium

Straw

20-fold increase in hydrolysis

Taha et al. (2015)

P.ostreatus/P.pulmonarius

Eucalyptus grandis saw dust

20-fold increase in hydrolysis

Castoldi et al. (2014)

P.chrysosporium

Rice husk

–

Potumarthi et al. (2013)

Fungal consortium

Corn stover

43.8% lignin removal/sevenfold increase in hydrolysis

Song et al. (2013)

Ceriporiopsis subvermispora

Wheat straw

Minimal cellulose loss

Cianchetta et al. (2014)

Ceriporiopsis subvermispora

Corn stover

2- to 3-fold increase in reducing sugar yield

Wan and Li (2011)

Fungal consortium

Plant biomass

Complete elimination of use of hazardous chemicals

Dhiman et al. (2015)