{"591367":{"#nid":"591367","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Direct Conversion of Cellulose and Hemicellulose to Fermentable Sugars by a Microbially-Driven Fenton Reaction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA research team led by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-dichristina\u0022\u003EThomas J. DiChristina\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences, has figured out an easier, more environmentally-friendly\u0026nbsp;way to break down lignocellulose (plant-based biomass) waste into bioproducts. The new\u0026nbsp;approach? The\u0026nbsp;use of\u0026nbsp;microbes, instead of specialized enzymes, to power a\u0026nbsp;Fenton reaction, a chemical process often used as a wastewater treatment.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/chen.chbe.gatech.edu\/node\/132\u0022\u003EHyun-Dong Shin\u003C\/a\u003E, a research scientist in the School of Biological Sciences,\u0026nbsp;co-authored the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960852416310665\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E, which was originally published in Biosource Technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-05-04 17:57:15","changed_gmt":"2017-05-04 18:59:48","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"tech tower white oak","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/reginnovations.org\/key-scientific-articles\/conversion-cellulose-hemicellulose-fermentable-sugars-microbially-fenton-reaction\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591368":{"id":"591368","type":"image","title":"Thomas J. DiChristina","body":null,"created":"1493921060","gmt_created":"2017-05-04 18:04:20","changed":"1493921060","gmt_changed":"2017-05-04 18:04:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225357","name":"thomas j. dichristina.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomas%20j.%20dichristina.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomas%20j.%20dichristina.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":35497,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thomas%20j.%20dichristina.jpg?itok=SvbCHZWq"}},"591369":{"id":"591369","type":"image","title":"Hyun-Dong Shin","body":null,"created":"1493921369","gmt_created":"2017-05-04 18:09:29","changed":"1493921369","gmt_changed":"2017-05-04 18:09:29","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225358","name":"Hyun-Dong Shin.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hyun-Dong%20Shin.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hyun-Dong%20Shin.png","mime":"image\/png","size":138489,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Hyun-Dong%20Shin.png?itok=Q05eplBl"}}},"media_ids":["591368","591369"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"174351","name":"Thomas J. DiChristina"},{"id":"174352","name":"Fenton reaction"},{"id":"174353","name":"wastewater"},{"id":"3023","name":"biomass"},{"id":"93801","name":"bioproducts"},{"id":"7547","name":"cellulose"},{"id":"7572","name":"microbes"},{"id":"15009","name":"enzymes"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}