Cellulose 및 hemicellulose 를 함유하는 볏짚 등 농산폐자원을 Trichoderma로 만든 Koui와 효모를 동시에 처리하여 단일공정으로 ethanol과 xylose 를 생산할 수 있었다. 볏짚 50g을 처리하여 ethanol 18mι와 xylose 2.7g 을 생산할 수 있었으며 옥수수속대 50g에서 ethanol 3.8mι와 xylose 10.8 g을 얻을 수 있었다. 이 처리에서 토양 분리균 Tri-choderma sp. KI 7-2로 만든 Koji가 T. reesei 의 그것보다 높은 효모활성을 보였다. 볏짚의 alkali 전처리는 ethanol 및 xylose의 생산에 큰 효과가 없었으며 이에 대하여 논하였다
Ethanol and Xylose were produced from cellulosic agricultural waste such as rice straw and corn cob by a single-step simultaneous hydrolysis-fermentation process utilizing semi-solid culture of Trithoderma as enzyme source and Saccharomyces yeast. By this process all the hexoses prduoced by the enzyme were converted to ethanol leaving pentoses which are not fermented by the yeast. By processing 50 g of rice straw, 18 ml of ethanol and 2.7 g of xylose were produced and 50 g corn cob produced 3.8 ml of ethanol and 10.8 g of xylose. Alkali-treatment of rice straw showed little effects on the productivities of ethanol and xylose. The possible reasons are discussed.
