Colonization of oil palm empty fruit bunches by basidiomycetes from the Brazilian cerrado: Enzyme production

The use of residual lignocellulosic biomass appears as an opportunity to obtain high added value products like enzymes. present work goal was select basidiomycetes capable metabolizing empty fruit bunches (EB) or sludge decanter (SD) from the oil palm industry produce enzymatic cocktails. First, eight macro-basidiomycetes strains Brazilian cerrado were selected based on genomic DNA analyses out initial group 30. and two ascomycetes (commercial mushrooms) cultured ligninolytic cellulolytic enzymes, respectively. All extracts produced had proteins, profiles evaluated. hydrolysis pretreated EB used cocktails combined with commercial cellulases extracts. best combination for hydrolyses hydrothermally cocktail Trichoderma reesei, Aspergillus aculeatus, Pleurotus sp. extracts, reaching 19.7% glucose yield 22.8% xylose yield. These results show that enzymes sugars are derivable residues in large quantities by industry. This study corroborates hypothesis enormous biotechnological potential, still unexplored.