Produção e recuperação de celulases produzidas por Trichoderma reesei LCB 48 na fermentação semissólida da palma forrageira.

Abstract

The demand for renewable energy has grown worldwide. In this context, bioethanol obtained from the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials has been highlighted . However, the production of cellulolytic enzymes used in the hydrolysis process is costly, and this is the main obstacle for obtaining cellulosic ethanol on a large scale. This study was designed to produce cellulolytic enzymes production of bioethanol from biomass semisolid fermentation of forage cactus by the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei LCB 48. The study revealed that the best fermentation condition was achieved with 90 % humidity and supplementation 1% of the nitrogen source . The maximum activity was achieved in 110 hours of process, with production of 6.45 U/gds . The study of leaching of enzymes produced revealed as the best process conditions: solvent substrate ratio of 20mL/ g , 50 rpm of agitation and contact time of 15 minutes , which was obtained in crude extracts with 15.14 U/gds expressed in carboxymethylcellulase ( CMCase ) . The crude extract was stable for up to 20 days when stored at room temperature. The enzymes recovered in the leaching exhibited CMCase activity at optimal temperature of 55 ° C and optimum pH between 4.0 and 5.0 . Stability studies showed that the enzyme is deactivated at pH values above 6.5 and temperatures above 50 ° C. Hydrolysis assays of pear cactus biomass itself and the residue fermenting lignocellulosic material presented as maximum yield of 334.4 mg/Lh and 308 mg/Lh of glucose in 4 process hours respectively. A study ds enzymes obtained using aqueous two-phase partition systems was carried out . SAB composed of 18 % PEG 4000 and 12% sodium citrate at pH 5.0 resulted in a purification factor of 5.31 to 61.4 for CMCase and cellobiase. FPase for the purification factor was 2.29 when the concentration of citrate used was 16% . Biomass palm proved to be feasible for both obtaining the cellulase enzymes as to obtain fermentable sugars to bioethanol production. The SABs proved promising as an initial step in a process of recovery and purification of cellulases produced .