Degradation of cellulose

Effect of Crystallinity and Additives on the Thermal Degradation of Cellulose... 

Thermodynamically controlled self-assembly of an equilibrated ensemble of POMs with [AlVWnO40]6 as the main component could act as a catalyst for the selective delignification of wood (lignocellulose) fibers (Figure 13.2) [55], Equilibration reactions typical of POMs kept the pH of the system near 7 during the catalysis that avoided acid or base degradation of cellulose. 

Chow, S.-Z. and Mukai, H.N. (1972). Effect of thermal degradation of cellulose on wood-polymer... 

Chemical degradation of cellulose — Levulinic acid + Xylitol... 

The degradation of cellulose by bacterial systems occurs both aerobically and anaerobically. The aerobic bacteria include Acidothennus cellulofyticus, CeUulomonas sp.. Bacillus sp.. Pseudomonas sp., CelMbrio sp., Cytophaga sp., Microbispora sp., and Thermomonospora sp. The anaerobic bacteria arc Acetivibrio cellulofyticus, Bacteroides sp., Clostridium sp., Ruminococcus sp., and Micromonospora sp. This review will cover some mesophilic and thermophilic cellulolytic bacteria, some of which have been reviewed by Ljungdahl and Eriksson (i), Coughlan and Ljungdahl (2), and Robson and Chambliss (5). 

Figure 3. Schematic for the degradation of cellulosic substrates by a microbial consortium.

Hydrolytic Degradation of Cellulose and Separation of the Hydrolysis Products by Chromatography... 

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