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Rajeev K. Sukumaran

Researcher at National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology

Publications -  142
Citations -  8553

Rajeev K. Sukumaran is an academic researcher from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cellulase & Lignocellulosic biomass. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 119 publications receiving 7068 citations. Previous affiliations of Rajeev K. Sukumaran include Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research & Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Thermal assisted alkaline pretreatment of rice husk for enhanced biomass deconstruction and enzymatic saccharification: Physico-chemical and structural characterization.

TL;DR: Thermal assisted alkaline pretreatment of rice husk was investigated to facilitate enzymatic saccharification by enhancing the enzyme accessibility to cellulosic components and showed progressive removal of noncellulosic constituents, and XRD analysis revealed an increase in cellulose crystallinity post-TAAP indicating the effectiveness of pretreatment.
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Production of a highly glucose tolerant β-glucosidase by Paecilomyces variotii MG3: optimization of fermentation conditions using Plackett–Burman and Box–Behnken experimental designs

TL;DR: Solid state fermentation production of a highly glucose tolerant β-glucosidase by a novel isolate of Paecilomyces was optimized using a two step statistical experiment design and resulted in a doubling of the enzyme production by the fungus.
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Hydrolysis of biomass using a reusable solid carbon acid catalyst and fermentation of the catalytic hydrolysate to ethanol.

TL;DR: Results indicate the solid acid catalyst as an interesting option for biomass hydrolysis as it can hydrolyze cellulose with lower reaction times and are easy to recover and reuse.
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Addressing challenges in production of cellulases for biomass hydrolysis: Targeted interventions into the genetics of cellulase producing fungi.

TL;DR: In this paper, the types and mechanisms of action of known fungal biomass degrading enzymes, their current understanding of the genetic control exerted on their expression, and possible routes for intervention, especially on modulating catabolite repression, transcriptional regulators, signal transduction, secretion pathways etc., in order to improve enzyme productivity, activity and stability.