Schizophyllan could fit into the integrated bio refinery concept as a value-added bio product from biomass. One readily available type of agricultural biomass is distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), an abundant co product of fuel ethanol production from corn by the dry-grind process. We recently demonstrated the efficient utilization of DDGS for schizophyllan production by S. commune commercial production strain ATCC 38548