Abstract

Lignocellulose wastes dominate our earth beingconsidered as a serious cause for environmental pollution issues.However the lignocellulosic biomass can be converted to highervalue-added products such as biofuel, enzymes etc. usuallyrequiring a multi-step processing such as pretreatment,hydrolysis, fermentation etc. Cellulose is major polysaccharidesin lignocellulosic biomass wastes being converted into simplesugars usually requiring synergistic action of multiplecellulolytic enzymes from different bacteria. Thermophiles actas a better source towards better lignocellulose biomassutilization for fermentation for various value-added product aswell as biofuel production. Several researches were conductedon cellulolytic activity of thermophilic bacteria using varioussubstrates. However the present study is mainly based on wasteutilization containing cellulose as major component intodifferent byproducts through cellulase enzymes fromthermophiles which would enlighten the present markettowards waste utilization ultimately combating theenvironmental pollution.