@article { ISI:000232737900002,
	title = {Enzymatic hydrolysis of delignified bagasse polysaccharides},
	journal = {Carbohydrate Polymers},
	volume = {62},
	number = {1},
	year = {2005},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {6-10},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCI LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Sugarcane bagasse, consisting of cellulose, xylan, and lignin, was chemically treated to generate bagasse samples with continuously decreasing content of lignin. These bagasse samples were hydrolyzed by cellulase and xylanase enzymes, produced earlier by Penicillium janthinellum NCIM 1171 in the same bagasse polysaccharides production medium. The hydrolysis was carried out by using different concentrations of the enzymes at two different temperatures, 30 and 50 degrees C, taking hydrolysis of Avicel as control. It was found that while the maximum hydrolysis for Avicel was 70\% that of some of the bagasse polysaccharides was as high as 95\%. The products of hydrolysis were glucose, xylose, and arabinose, as confirmed by high pressure ion chromatography (HPIC). It is interesting to note that arabinose, which constitutes about 10\% of the weight of bagasse xylan, could also be released easily by the enzymes. Also, the initial rates of hydrolysis was found to be much higher for the bagasse polysaccharides, and in some cases about 90\% of the hydrolysis occurred within 20 h. Amongst all bagasse samples, the sample with (Kappa no. 1.2, lignin content 0.18\%) gave the highest degree of hydrolysis at 50 degrees C. Even the bagasse polysaccharide with Kappa no. 16.8 (lignin content 2.5\%) underwent greater extent of hydrolysis than Avicel. Apparently, the delignified bagasse medium appears to be a facile medium for the combined hydrolytic action of the cellulase and xylanase enzymes. Considering that sugarcane bagasse is a waste biomass material available in abundance annually, this methodology can be used to value-add to this biomass to produce sugars, which can be fermented to produce biofuels like ethanol. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {bagasse polysaccharides, Cellulase, chemical treatment, Enzymatic hydrolysis, Penicillium janthinellum, Sugarcane bagasse, Xylanase},
	issn = {0144-8617},
	doi = {10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.07.010},
	author = {Adsul, Mukund G. and Ghule, J. E. and Shaikh, H. and Singh, R. and Bastawade, Kulbhushan B. and Gokhale, D. V. and Varma, Anjanikumar}
}
@article { ISI:000282444000036,
	title = {Production of single cell protein, essential amino acids, and xylanase by penicillium janthinellum},
	journal = {Bioresources},
	volume = {5},
	number = {4},
	year = {2010},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {2470-2477},
	publisher = {NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD \& PAPER SCI},
	address = {CAMPUS BOX 8005, RALEIGH, NC 27695-8005 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Microbial biomass having 46\% crude protein content and enriched with essential amino acids as well as extracellular xylanase activity (100-150 IU/ml) was produced by an efficient fungal strain, Penicillium janthinellum (NCIM St-F-3b). Optimization studies for maximum xylanase and biomass production showed that the fungus required a simple medium containing bagasse hemicellulose as carbon source and ammonium sulphate as the nitrogen source. Therefore bagasse, which is a waste product of the sugar industry, can be efficiently used in microbioal biomass protein preparation for animal feed.</p>},
	keywords = {Bagasse hydrolysate, Crude protein, Microbial biomass production, Penicillium janthinellum, Xylanase},
	issn = {1930-2126},
	author = {Rao, Mala and Varma, Anjanikumar and Deshmukh, Sumedha S.}
}
