Enzymatic saccharification of Typha domingensis biomass: optimization and structural analysis
Sumera Zaki, Hammad Afzal Kayani, Uroosa Ejaz, Mohammed Alorabi, Abdullah K Alanazi, Sheeba Naz, Muhammad Sohail, Zainul Abideen · 2025
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Description
Sumera Zaki and seven colleagues turn a salt-loving cattail into sugar with a heat-proof bacterial enzyme. Typha domingensis, a halophyte reed, offers tough cellulose that could feed bioproducts if it can be unlocked. The key is a cellulase from a thermophilic bacterium that itself grew on the reed.
The enzyme brew freed modest sugar at first pass. A statistical design then tuned dose, temperature, and time: at sixty degrees and about thirteen hours, sugar yield more than tripled per gram. Infrared spectra and microscope images confirmed the fiber structure had opened up. The authors pitch the reed as a double-duty crop for salty land.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sumera Zaki, Hammad Afzal Kayani, Uroosa Ejaz, Mohammed Alorabi, Abdullah K Alanazi, Sheeba Naz, Muhammad Sohail, Zainul Abideen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |