Eloi S. Garcia

Animal lignocellulosic digestion as a model for new technologies and standards in the enzymatic

hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse

Nasutitermes ephratae

Teleogryllus emma

marine mollusc

Network Research Groups – INMETRO/CENPES

Project 1: Biotechnology of biomass degradative processes - Coordinator: Flávio Costa Miguens, PhD (UENF)

Project 2: Biomass degradation in the rumen: harvest and cultivation of microorganisms. - Coordinator: Marta D’Agosto, PhD (UFJF)

Network Research Groups – INMETRO/CENPES

Project 3: Fistulated bovines and harvest of microorganisms from rumen Coordinator: José Fernando Coelho da Silva, PhD (UENF)

Project 4: National bank of genes and enzymes involved in lignocellulosic breakdown from Brazilian insectsCoordinator: Ednildo de Alcântara Machado, PhD (UFRJ)

Network Research Groups – INMETRO/CENPES

Project 5 Purification, cloning and heterologous expression of enzymes with biotechnological potential in lignocellulosic breakdown for ethanol production: - Coordinator: Fernando Genta, PhD (FIOCRUZ)

Project 6: Studying the process of biomass degradation by microorganisms by molecular taxonomy (metagenomics) - Coordinator: Orlando M. Martins, PhD (UFRJ)

Project 7: Structure of rumen epithelium and termite gut – interaction with microorganisms. - Coordinator: Marlene Belchimol, PhD (USU)

Project 8: Structural and Biochemical organization of sugarcane cell wall and other plant models - Coordinator: Wanderley de Souza, PhD (UFRJ)

Project 9: Biochemical organization of polysaccharides from sugarcane cell wall and other plant models - Coordinator: Lúcia Previato, PhD (UFRJ)

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Folha 3 – Lâmina Foliar

Folha 3 – Lâmina Foliar

Folha 3 – Lâmina Foliar

Folha 3 – Lâmina Foliar

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Ruminants

Goats Bovines

Additional models

grasshopper

cockroaches

Additional Models

Achatina fulicagiant african snailbeetles

Termites

Powdered sugarcane bagasse

suitable for enzymatic assays of lignocellulosic enzymes

colloidal, micrometer range