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thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria isolated from Icelandic geothermal areas. Biotechnol Bioeng
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biomass for efficient hydrolysis and biofuel production. Ind Eng Chem Res 48(8):3713–3729
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characterization of an acid/alkali and thermo tolerant cellulase from Schizophyllum commune
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biomass for bioethanol production. Electron J Biol 13(2):135–143
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fungi for their potential in bioconversion of alkali and biologically treated Parthenium
hysterophorus weed and rice straw into ethanol. Bioresour Technol 163:300–307
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Rev 101:590–599
Himmel ME, Ding S-Y, Johnson DK, Adney WS, Nimlos MR, Brady JW, Foust TD (2007)
Biomass recalcitrance: engineering plants and enzymes for biofuels production. Science 315
(5813):804–807
Huang D, Liu J, Qi Y, Yang K, Xu Y, Feng L (2017) Synergistic hydrolysis of xylan using novel
xylanases, β-xylosidases, and an α-l-arabinofuranosidase from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans
NG80-2. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 101(15):6023–6037
Hwang S-S, Lee S-J, Kim H-K, Ka J-O, Kim K-J, Song H-G (2008) Biodegradation and saccharification of wood chips of Pinus strobus and Liriodendron tulipifera by white rot fungi. J
Microbiol Biotechnol 18:1819–1825
Isroi I, Millati R, Niklasson C, Cayanto C, Taherzadeh MJ, Lundquist K (2011) Biological
treatment of lignocelluloses with white-rot fungi and its applications. Bioresources 6
(4):5224–5259
Jain KK, Dey TB, Kumar S, Kuhad RC (2015) Production of thermostable hydrolases (cellulases
and xylanase) from Thermoascus aurantiacus RCKK: a potential fungus. Bioprocess Biosyst
Eng 38(4):787–796
Juodeikiene G, Basinskiene L, Vidmantiene D, Makaravicius T, Bartkiene E, Schols H (2011) The
use of β-xylanase for increasing the efficiency of biocatalytic conversion of crop residues to
bioethanol. Catal Today 167(1):113–121
Kamat S, Khot M, Zinjarde S, Ravi Kumar A, Gade WN (2013) Coupled production of single cell
oil as biodiesel feedstock, xylitol and xylanase from sugarcane bagasse in a biorefinery concept
using fungi from the tropical mangrove wetlands. Bioresour Technol 135:246–253
Kaur G, Satyanarayana T (2004) Production of extracellular pectinolytic, cellulolytic and
xylanolytic enzymes by thermophilic mould Sporotrichum thermophile Apinis in solid state
fermentation. Indian J Biotechnol 3:552–557
Kaur G, Kumar S, Satyanarayana T (2004) Production, characterization and application of a
thermostable polygalacturonase of a thermophilic mould Sporotrichum thermophile Apinis.
Bioresour Technol 94(3):239–243
Kim KH, Choi IS, Kim HM, Wi SG, Bae H-J (2014) Bioethanol production from the nutrient stressinduced microalga Chlorella vulgaris by enzymatic hydrolysis and immobilized yeast fermentation. Bioresour Technol 153:47–54
Kolasa M, Ahring BK, Lübeck PS, Lübeck M (2014) Co-cultivation of Trichoderma reesei RutC30
with three black aspergillus strains facilitates efficient hydrolysis of pretreated wheat straw and
shows promises for on-site enzyme production. Bioresour Technol 169:143–148
Koskinen PE, Beck SR, Örlygsson J, Puhakka JA (2008) Ethanol and hydrogen production by two
thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria isolated from Icelandic geothermal areas. Biotechnol Bioeng
101(4):679–690
Kulkarni N, Rao M (1996) Application of xylanase from alkaliphilic thermophilic bacillus
sp. NCIM 59 in biobleaching of bagasse pulp. J Biotechnol 51(2):167–173
Kumar P, Barrett DM, Delwiche MJ, Stroeve P (2009) Methods for pretreatment of lignocellulosic
biomass for efficient hydrolysis and biofuel production. Ind Eng Chem Res 48(8):3713–3729
Kumar B, Bhardwaj N, Alam A, Agrawal K, Prasad H, Verma P (2018) Production, purification and
characterization of an acid/alkali and thermo tolerant cellulase from Schizophyllum commune
NAIMCC-F-03379 and its application in hydrolysis of lignocellulosic wastes. AMB Express 8
(1):173
Madadi M, Tu Y, Abbas A (2017) Recent status on enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic
biomass for bioethanol production. Electron J Biol 13(2):135–143
Mahajan C, Chadha B, Nain L, Kaur A (2014) Evaluation of glycosyl hydrolases from thermophilic
fungi for their potential in bioconversion of alkali and biologically treated Parthenium
hysterophorus weed and rice straw into ethanol. Bioresour Technol 163:300–307
7 Xylanases: A Helping Module for the Enzyme Biorefinery Platform
177