Infra-red spectroscopic analyses of banana waste degraded by oyster mushroom
Reddy, G.V.; Shah, M.P.; Kothari, I.L.; Ray, A.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 40(9): 1038-1042
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5189 PMID: 12587734 Document Number: 543546
Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen analyses of banana leaf and pseudostem biomass revealed their potentiality as substrates for microorganisms. Infra-red (IR) spectra of both biomass show presence of cellulose, xylan and lignin. IR spectra of leaf and pseudostem biomass degraded in solid state fermentation (SSF) by two Pleurotus species (P. sajor-caju and P. ostreatus) for 40 days showed the utilization of cellulose, xylan and lignin by these microbes. Dynamics of various lignocellulolytic enzymes of Pleurotus species and analyses of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen contents of degraded biomass supported the same. Both the Pleurotus species exhibited lignin consumption ability on both the substrates.