Abstract
A readily fermentable pentose-containing hydrolysate was obtained from Brewery's spent grain by a two-step process consisting of an auto-hydrolysis (converting the hemicelluloses into oligosaccharides) followed by an enzymatic or sulfuric acid-catalyzed posthydrolysis (converting the oligosaccharides into monosaccharides). Enzymatic hydrolyses were performed with several commercial enzymes with xylanolytic and cellulolytic activities. Acid-catalyzed hydrolyses were carried out at 121 degrees C under various sulfuric acid concentrations and reaction times, and the effects of treatments were interpreted by means of a corrected combined severity factor (CS*), which varied in the range of 0.80-2.01. Under the tested conditions, chemical hydrolysis allowed higher pentose yields than enzymatic hydrolysis. Optimized conditions (defined by CS* = 1.10) allowed both complete monosaccharide recovery and low content of inhibitors. Liquors subjected to posthydrolysis under optimal conditions were easily fermented by Debaryomyces hansenii CCMI 941 in semiaerobic shake-flask experiments, leading to xylitol and arabitol as major fermentation products. The bioconversion process was improved by hydrolysate concentration and supplementation of fermentation media with casamino acids.
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