Cotton gin dust (CGD) and cotton gin waste (CGW) were provided
by Hantex Textile Residues Ltd. (Gaspar, Brazil) with a
7 wt% moisture content (wet basis). The commercial enzyme preparation
Cellic CTec2 was obtained from Novozymes Latin
America (Araucária, Brazil) and the microorganism used in the fermentation
experiments was the Thermosacc Dry S. cerevisiae
strain from Lallemand (Milwaukee, USA).