The lignocellulosic biorefinery concept is sound: a commentary on Zhao et al

Abstract

In the opinion paper by Zhao et al. 'Making the biochemical conversion of lignocellulose more robust', the authors claim that '…lignocellulose biorefinery is conceptually wrong'. In response, we argue that this claim itself has already been proved wrong by several companies.

Keywords: bioproducts; commercialisation; enzymes; forest residues; sugarcane bagasse.