Critical factors for optimum biodegradation of bast fiber’s gums in bacterial retting

• Main Authors: Mohammad Munir Hossain, Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee, Vijay Kumar Subbiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2021
• Subjects: QR75-99.5 Bacteria; SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31999/1/Critical%20factors%20for%20optimum%20biodegradation%20of%20bast%20fiber%E2%80%99s%20gums%20in%20bacterial%20retting_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31999/3/Critical%20factors%20for%20optimum%20biodegradation%20of%20bast%20fiber%E2%80%99s%20gums%20in%20bacterial%20retting.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31999/; https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/9/8/52/htm; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib9080052

Bast fiber plants require a post-harvest process to yield useable natural cellulosic fibers, denoted as retting or degumming. It encompasses the degradation of the cell wall’s non-cellulosic gummy substances (NCGs), facilitating fibers separations, setting the fiber’s quality, and determining downst...