Use of thermophilic bacteria to utilize sugarcane bagasse: Efficient cellulase production, saccharification, and hydrolysate applications.

Sugarcane bagasse (SB) a renewable and abundant source of rich fermentable sugars has been reported extensively to produce microbial enzymes and other valuable products. However, most of the SB-based processes require its pretreatment which is an additional step incurring time and cost. In this study, fermentation of SB by bacterial strains without any pretreatment was carried out to obtain crude cellulase preparation.