Polysaccharides conversion estimation

The time courses of the polysaccharide, lignin with extractives, and ash contents for experiments conducted at 44.0 mg of P. ostreatus/g of stems and 1.60 g of HzO/g of stems are presented in Fig. 2. Time courses such as these were used to estimate xylan and glucan conversions for separate replicate samples, which were then averaged. The xylan and glucan conversions and AX/ AG ratios for 23.0-149 mg of P. ostreatus/g of stems and 1.10-2.24 g of H20/g of stems are presented in Table 4 refer to Fig. 1 for the complete set of inoculum and moisture combinations tested. Of the moisture and inoculum combinations shown in Fig. 1, the (moisture, inoculum) combinations (0.77,21.0), (0.90,34.0), and (1.20,41.0) were performed early in the study and displayed visually uneven growth of... 

From the experimental point of view, several polysaccharides with different chain linkage and anomeric configuration have been studied to determine to what extent flic polymeric linkage sfructure and the nature of the monomeric unit are responsible for the preferred solvation and for the chain topology and dimensions. Conversely, since it is generally understood fliat flic sfructure and topology of many macromolecules are affected by solvation, theoretical models must include these solvent effects in addition to the internal flexibihty, in order to estimate changes in the accessible conformations as a result of the presence of the solvent molecules. 

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