Biogas production from agroindustrial waste pre-treated with lignolytic fungi

Renewable energy was never more important than in a century when energy consumption is unprecedented. Biogas is considered to be one of the most important natural energy sources. We aim to enhance biogas production through the pre-treatment of substrates, that are normally hard to digest because of their high content of cellulose, hemi- and lignocellulose. As part of fungal pre-treatment we used Aspergillus nidulans and Trichoderma reesei. Both of these filamentous fungi are well known for their ability to synthetise various enzymes – including cellulases. During our experiments A. nidulans and T. reesei filamentous fungi’s endoglucanase activities were measured by spectrophotometer and methane-producing was monitorized by gas chromatography