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Title: Structural and Chemical Characterization of Hardwood from Tree Species with Applications as Bioenergy Feedstocks

Abstract

Eucalypt species are a group of flowering trees widely used in pulp production for paper manufacture. For several decades, the wood pulp industry has focused research and development efforts on improving yields, growth rates and pulp quality through breeding and the genetic improvement of key tree species. Recently, this focus has shifted from the production of high quality pulps to the investigation of the use of eucalypts as feedstocks for biofuel production. Here the structure and chemical composition of the heartwood and sapwood of Eucalyptus dunnii, E. globulus, E. pillularis, E. urophylla, an E. urophylla-E. grandis cross, Corymbia citriodora ssp. variegata, and Acacia mangium were compared using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and biochemical composition analysis. Some trends relating to these compositions were also identified by Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy. These results will serve as a foundation for a more comprehensive database of wood properties that will help develop criteria for the selection of tree species for use as biorefinery feedstocks.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. The Univ. of Queensland, Queensland (Australia)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); The Univ. of Queensland, Queensland (Australia)
  6. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
OSTI Identifier:
1511342
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
PLoS ONE
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Lignin; Cellulose; Carbohydrates; Acacia; Polysaccharides; Biofuels; Heartwood and sapwood; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

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Çetinkol, Özgül Persil, Smith-Moritz, Andreia M., Cheng, Gang, Lao, Jeemeng, George, Anthe, Hong, Kunlun, Henry, Robert, Simmons, Blake A., Heazlewood, Joshua L., Holmes, Bradley M., and Zabotina, Olga A. Structural and Chemical Characterization of Hardwood from Tree Species with Applications as Bioenergy Feedstocks. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052820.
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Çetinkol, Özgül Persil, Smith-Moritz, Andreia M., Cheng, Gang, Lao, Jeemeng, George, Anthe, Hong, Kunlun, Henry, Robert, Simmons, Blake A., Heazlewood, Joshua L., Holmes, Bradley M., & Zabotina, Olga A. Structural and Chemical Characterization of Hardwood from Tree Species with Applications as Bioenergy Feedstocks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052820
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Çetinkol, Özgül Persil, Smith-Moritz, Andreia M., Cheng, Gang, Lao, Jeemeng, George, Anthe, Hong, Kunlun, Henry, Robert, Simmons, Blake A., Heazlewood, Joshua L., Holmes, Bradley M., and Zabotina, Olga A. Fri . "Structural and Chemical Characterization of Hardwood from Tree Species with Applications as Bioenergy Feedstocks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052820. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1511342.
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@article{osti_1511342,
title = {Structural and Chemical Characterization of Hardwood from Tree Species with Applications as Bioenergy Feedstocks},
author = {Çetinkol, Özgül Persil and Smith-Moritz, Andreia M. and Cheng, Gang and Lao, Jeemeng and George, Anthe and Hong, Kunlun and Henry, Robert and Simmons, Blake A. and Heazlewood, Joshua L. and Holmes, Bradley M. and Zabotina, Olga A.},
abstractNote = {Eucalypt species are a group of flowering trees widely used in pulp production for paper manufacture. For several decades, the wood pulp industry has focused research and development efforts on improving yields, growth rates and pulp quality through breeding and the genetic improvement of key tree species. Recently, this focus has shifted from the production of high quality pulps to the investigation of the use of eucalypts as feedstocks for biofuel production. Here the structure and chemical composition of the heartwood and sapwood of Eucalyptus dunnii, E. globulus, E. pillularis, E. urophylla, an E. urophylla-E. grandis cross, Corymbia citriodora ssp. variegata, and Acacia mangium were compared using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and biochemical composition analysis. Some trends relating to these compositions were also identified by Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy. These results will serve as a foundation for a more comprehensive database of wood properties that will help develop criteria for the selection of tree species for use as biorefinery feedstocks.},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0052820},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
number = 12,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: 2D-NMR HSQC spectra of nonderivatized E. globulus cell wall separated into aliphatic, anomeric and aromatic regions. Color-coding in HSQC spectrum corresponding to known lignin substructures and polysaccharide units commonly found in plant cell walls. The main structures observed in the aliphatic region are: β-aryl ether units (A), phenylcoumaranmore » units (B), resinol units (C), xylan (Xyl), acetylated xylosyl residues (2-O-Ac-β-D-Xylp and 3-O-Ac-β-D-Xylp), 2-acetylated mannosyl residues (2-O-Ac-β-D-Manp), and glucan (Glc6). The main structures observed in the anomeric region are: cellulose (β-D-Glcp), xylan (β-D-Xylp), acetylated xylosyl residues(2-O-Ac-β-D-Xylp and 3-O-Ac-β-D-Xylp), mannan (β-D-Manp), acetylated mannosyl residues (2-O-Ac-β-D-Manp), arabinan (β-D-Araf) and 4-O-methyl-a-D-glucuronic acid (4-O-MeGlcA). The main structures observed in the aromatic regions are: syringyl (S), oxidized syringyl (S) and guaiacyl (G) units.« less
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