Crystallinity – a key parameter for cellulosic biomass hydrolysis
Yuzhi Kang, Prabuddha Bansal, Bryan J Vowell, Matthew J Realff and Andreas S Bommarius, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

The need to increase the specific surface area of cellulose: how pretreatment and the nature of the “cellulase complex” are critical to obtaining high-yield sugar streams from lignocellulosic substrates when using low enzyme dosages
Valdeir Arantes, Richard Chandra and Jack Saddler, Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Physical factors limiting bioconversion at high solids: the role of water
Chia-wen C. Hsieh, Claus Felby and Lisbeth G. Thygesen, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

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Hydrolysis of steam-treated sugarcane bagasse at high total solids and low enzyme loadings
Larissa da Silva, Annielly C. Ballem, Marcos H. L. Silveira and Luiz P. Ramos, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Recyclable enzymes for hydrolysis of lignocellulose
Anikó Várnai¹, Matti Siika-aho² and Liisa Viikari¹, (1)Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, (2)Biotechnology, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland

Processing techniques for reducing the cost of enzymatic hydrolysis
X. Li, Brandon Emme, Lorraine Putnam, Colin Corbett, Kate Brandon Sutton, Jesper Frickmann and Mads Torry Smith, Novozymes North America, Inc., Franklinton, NC