From pomiculture waste to biotechnological raw material: efficient transformation using ligninosomes and cellulosomes from Pleurotus spp.

Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 1 Extent of pomiculture residue depolymerization by Pleurotus eryngii and P. pulmonarius

Pomiculture residue	Studied samples	Sample weight (g)	Fibres composition of samples (g)			Dry matter loss (%)	Extent of polymers degradation (%)			Selectivity index
Pomiculture residue	Studied samples	Sample weight (g)	Lignin	Cellulose	Hemicellulose	Dry matter loss (%)	Lignin	Cellulose	Hemicellulose	Selectivity index
Grapevine sawdust	Control¹	6.00	1.36	2.65	0.696	0.00	–	–	–	–
	P. eryngii	5.36	1.29	2.13	0.659	10.67^c	9.46^d	19.53^b	25.65^c	0.48^c
	P. pulmonarius	5.08	1.33	2.12	0.685	15.33^b	6.44^d	19.99^b	22.75^c	0.32^c
Plum sawdust	Control¹	6.00	1.84	2.54	1.37	0.00	–	–	–	–
	P. eryngii	5.29	1.54	1.96	0.82	11.83^c	15.95^c	23.08^a	39.69^b	0.69^b
	P. pulmonarius	5.24	1.48	1.91	0.55	12.67^c	19.67^b	24.89^a	59.44^a	0.79^b
Raspberry sawdust	Control¹	6.00	1.20	2.16	1.31	0.00	–	–	–	–
	P. eryngii	5.09	0.96	1.82	0.86	15.17^b	19.82^b	15.62^c	34.61^b	1.27^a
	P. pulmonarius	4.67	0.92	1.73	0.72	22.17^a	23.72^a	19.79^b	44.66^b	1.20^a

The values with the same superscript letter in the same column are not significantly different (p < 0.05)
¹Untreated plant residue