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A saprophytic filamentous fungus, Monilia sp., isolated from bagasse compost was found to utilize many polysaccharides (including cellulose) and to produce cellulases and hemicellulases. Monilla sp. also fermented glucose, xylose and cellulosic materials to ethanol. Over 60% of the solid cellulose substrate added to Monilia sp. cultures was converted to ethanol as the major fermentation product. These results indicate that Monilia sp. is a potential organism for the direct conversion of cellulosic biomass to ethanol.
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Gong, Cs., Maun, C.M. & Tsao, G.T. Direct fermentation of cellulose to ethanol by a cellulolytic filamentous fungus, Monilia sp. . Biotechnol Lett 3, 77–82 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145114
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