Biorefinery of brewery spent grain to obtain bioproducts with high value-added in the market.

The brewery industry is under economic and environmental pressure to minimize residual management costs, particularly brewery spent grain (BSG), which accounts for 80-85% (w/w) of the total by-products generated. BSG is a lignocellulosic material primarily composed of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. Developing a biorefinery model for conversion of BSG into value-added products is a plausible idea.

Biorefinery of Brewery Spent Grain by Solid-State Fermentation and Ionic Liquids.

Novel environmentally friendly pretreatments have been developed in recent years to improve biomass fractionation. Solid-state fermentation (SSF) and treatment with ionic liquids show low environmental impact and can be used in biorefinery of biomass. In this work, these processes were assessed with brewery spent grain (BSG).

Enhancing the saccharification of pretreated chestnut burrs to produce bacteriocins.

The present study aims to valorize chestnut burrs, an important lignocellulosic waste, through a biorefinery concept. A solid residue rich in glucan (41.36 ± 0.

Ligninolytic Enzymes of Endospore-Forming Bacillus aryabhattai BA03.

In this work we investigated the enzymes produced by Bacillus aryabhattai BA03, particularly in those involved in ligninolytic activities such as laccases (Lac), lignin peroxidases (LiP) and Mn-dependent peroxidase (MnD-P). In this way, the maximal production of Lac (0.069 ± 0.

Biotransformation of phenolic compounds by Bacillus aryabhattai.

Phenolic compounds could pose environmental problems if they are in excess, although they could be a renewable resource of substances with industrial interest. The novel strain Bacillus aryabhattai BA03 is able to produce high-added value metabolites from different phenolic compounds such as vanillin, 4-vinylguaiacol and 4-vinylphenol while inducing ligninolytic enzymes such as laccases (Lac) and lignin peroxidases (LiP). In comparison with the medium without inducers, the presence of 500 mg/L caffeic acid improved 9.

Valorization of chestnut (Castanea sativa) residues: Characterization of different materials and optimization of the acid-hydrolysis of chestnut burrs for the elaboration of culture broths.

Four kinds of waste from the industrial processing of chestnuts (Castanea sativa), namely leaves, pruned material and burrs from chestnut tree plus chestnut shells, were characterized to determine their content in polymers and thus their potential use in biorefinery processes. Results revealed that chestnut burrs have the highest polysaccharide content being the most promising for carrying out the subsequent stages of acid hydrolysis. Treatment with diluted sulfuric acid (prehydrolysis) allowed the solubilization of xylose, glucose and arabinose, but also some toxic compounds such as furan derivatives, aliphatic acids and phenolic constituents.

Biorefining brewery spent grain polysaccharides through biotuning of ionic liquids.

Brewery spent grain (BSG), a relevant waste from beer industry mainly composed of polysaccharides and lignin, is experiencing a surge in the production with its associated environmental impact. Thus, this manuscript bets in the application of aqueous solutions of a cholinium-based ionic liquid (IL) containing glycinate as anion ([N][Gly]) for an efficient delignification pretreatment. The operation at 90 °C yielded drastic lignin reduction (75.