Heat and microbial treatments for nutritional upgrading of wheat straw

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260280311· OSTI ID:5328214

Milstein, O; Vered, Y; Sharma, A; Gressel, J; Flowers, H M

The ligninolytic activities of four cellulolytic organisms were compared using straw. Only Aspergillus japonicus and Polyporous versicolor appreciably degraded lignin with A. japonicus yielding the most protein. In solid culture, most protein was produced by P. versicolor, closely followed by A. japonicus. Pertreatment of the straw by hot water facilitated biodegradation and protein production. The nutritional value of the residual straw was also increased by some fungal cultures. The greatest amount of degradable polysaccharide in the straw was made available by A. japonicus in liquid media and Pleurotus ostreatus in solid media. 29 references.

• Research Organization: Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel
• OSTI ID: 5328214
• Journal Information: Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States), Journal Name: Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States) Vol. 28:3; ISSN BIBIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ASPERGILLUS
BIODEGRADATION
CARBOHYDRATES
CELLULOLYTIC ACTIVITY
CELLULOSE
CEREALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENZYME ACTIVITY
FUNGI
GRASS
HEAT TREATMENTS
LIGNIN
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLYSACCHARIDES
PROTEINS
SACCHARIDES
STRAW
WHEAT