METHODS OF PRETREATMENT OF CELLULOSIC OR LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS

摘要

A method of pre-treating lignocellulosic and cellulosic biomass for utilisation of carbohydrate or Iignin from the biomass, the method comprising the steps of inoculating the lignocellulosic biomass with lignocellulose degrading brown rot fungus and incubating the inoculated biomass under conditions in which growth of the lignocellulose degrading brown rot is promoted. The incubation may be under conditions in which growth of the lignocellulose degrading brown rot is promoted is terminated after less than 50, 40, 30, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 or 4 days, or before substantial depletion of glucose in the biomass occurs.