Abstract
Lignocellulosic biomass is an important source of production of energy for the near future and has a lower environmental burden than conventional fuels, which have many harmful effects such as environmental pollution and economic drawbacks. Biomass is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; cellulose is further degraded into polysaccharides and then into biofuels by a set of enzymes called cellulase. This set of enzymes is produced on an industrial basis either by a chemical or biological route, with the latter discussed in the chapter. On an industrial basis, solid-state fermentation (SSF) has been used for microbial cellulase production using several strains of bacteria, fungi, and Actinomycetes, of which fungi has given the best outcomes in terms of economic and technical constraints. Therefore, the present review provides an overview of the SSF process, types of microbes used for cellulase production, and parameters for efficient production of cellulase enzymes.
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