Inhibition of microbial biofuel production in drought stressed switchgrass hydrolysate
R. G. Ong, A. Higbee, S. Bottoms, Q. Dickinson, D. Xie, S. A. Smith, J. Serate, E. Pohlmann, A. D. Jones, J. J. Coon, T. K. Sato, G. R. Sanford, D. Eilert, L. G. Oates, J. S. Piotrowski, , Y. Zhang
This study investigates how drought stress in switchgrass affects biofuel production by inhibiting yeast fermentation due to the formation of toxic compounds during pretreatment.
bioRxiv · Oct 26, 2016Microbiology