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  • Title
  • Declaration
  • Certificate (Guide)
  • Certificate (Director)
  • Acknowledgement
  • Abstract
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Depleting energy resources
  • 1.2 Ethanol - a renewable energy source
  • 1.3 Lignocellulosic biomass : raw material for bioethanol production
  • 1.4 Lignocellulose: components and properties
  • 1.5 Bioconversion of lignocellulosic materials
  • 1.6 Enzymes: the biological catalysts
  • 1.7 Cellulase enzyme complex
  • 1.8 β-glucosidase
  • 1.9 Fungi as producers of enzymes
  • 1.10 Fermentation
  • 2. Review of literature
  • 2.1 Lignocellulosic biomass and production of ethanol
  • 2.3 β-glucosidases and their natural roles
  • 2.4 Classification of β-glucosidases
  • 2.5 Sources of β-glucosidases
  • 2.6 Applications of β-glucosidases
  • 2.7 Mechanism of Action of β-glucosidase
  • 2.8 Production of β-glucosidase through fermentation
  • 3. Materials and Methods
  • 4. Results
  • 5. Discussion
  • 5.1 Isolation and enumeration of β-glucosidase producing fungi
  • 5.2 Optimization of process parameters for the production of β-glucosidase through submerged fermentation (SMF) by Paecilomyces variotii
  • 5.3 Solid state fermentation (SSF) for the production of β-Glucosidase
  • 5.4 Purification of β-glucosidases
  • 5.5 Characterization of the purified enzyme
  • 5.6 Applications of the Paecilomyces variotii β-glucosidase
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix