Cellulases and Hemicellulases, why we need so much of these Enzymes?

Abstract

Copyright: © 2012 Camassola M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. We are increasingly dependent on energy to power the various sectors of our economy. However, we hear more and more that fossil fuels are finite and their use contributes to global warming [1]. In this sense, alternative energy sources must be developed. An inexhaustible source of great potential for power generation is lignocellulose.