Schizophyllan could fit into the integrated bio refinery concept as a value-added bioproduct from biomass. One readily available type of agricultural biomass is distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), an abundant coproduct 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