Utilization of lignin in empty fruit bunch for production of fine chemicals: development of subcritical water technology and ΔpcaHG-ΔcatA Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

• Main Authors: Ismail, Farah Syafiqah, Norio, Sugiura, Othman, Nor'Azizi, Zakaria, Zuriati, Koji, Iwamoto, Hirofumi, Hara
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61123/1/KojiIwamoto2015_UtilizationOfLigninInEmptyFruitBunch.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61123/

Lignin is an alternative source of chemicals particularly phenolic compounds if it could broken down into smaller molecular units. Subcritical water (SCW) is a known technology that has the ability to break down lignin by hydrolysis. In this study, the SCW depolymerizes empty fruit bunch derived lig...