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ISSN 2410-7751 (Print)
ISSN 2410-776X (Online)

"Biotechnologia Acta" v. 6, no. 2, 2013
Р. 9-21, Bibliography 65, Russian.
Universal Decimal classification: 579.222

LIGNOCELLULOSE AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE FOR OBTAINING OF  BIOBUTANOL

S. M. Shulga, O. A. Tigunova, Y. B. Blume

SO «Institute for Food Biotechnology and Genomics» of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

Energy and environmental crisis facing the world force us to reconsider the effectiveness or find an alternative use of renewable natural resources, especially organic «waste» by using environmentally friendly technologies. Microbial conversion of renewable resources of biosphere to produce useful products, including biofuels, currently is an actual biotech problem. Anaerobic bacteria of Clostridiaceae family are known as butanol producers, but unfortunately, the microbiological synthesis is currently not economical one. In order to make cost-effective aceton-butanol-ethanol fermentation, solventproducing strains using available cheap raw materials, such as agricultural waste or plant biomass, are required. Opportunities and ways to obtaine economic and ecological processing of lignocellulosic wastes for biobutanol creation are described in the review .

Key words: biofuels, lignocellulose, biobutanol, Clostridium.

© Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2013