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Table 3 The main components and carbohydrate composition after pretreatment with acid hydrolysis of wild duckweed Landoltia punctata (before fermentation: 0 h)

From: Engineering Corynebacterium crenatum to produce higher alcohols for biofuel using hydrolysates of duckweed (Landoltia punctata) as feedstock

Pretreatment sample

Cellulose content

Protein content

Starch content

Lignin content

 

Main components

     

Dried duckweed

26.64%

23.71%

31.31%

1.89%

 

Fresh duckweed

3.81%

3.12%

4.32%

0.038%

 

Carbohydrate production after acid hydrolysis

 

Pretreatment sample

Glucose

xylose

Galactose

Fructose

Arabinose

Dried duckweeda

5.22 ± 0.28

1.03 ± 0.055

0.49 ± 0.088

0.72 ± 0.21

0.46 ± 0.24

Fresh duckweeda

0.61 ± 0.14

0.094 ± 0.11

0.044 ± 0.013

0.121 ± 0.016

0.094 ± 0.007

  1. Content (g) of various components measured in 10 g pretreatment samples. aAcid hydrolysis pretreatment method.