hydrolyzed to fermentable sugars for subsequent biofuel production Brazil has a large supply of this feedstock, which is an abundant product of the sugar and alcohol industries; it is estimated that about 186 million tons of bagasse are generated in Brazil per year (Cardona et al., 2010; Soccol et al., 2010). According to Pandey et al. (2000), half of the sugarcane bagasse generated is used in power plants for energy production, while the other half has no set destination. Thus, it is necessary to develop new technologies
for the utilization of sugarcane bagasse generated in Brazil. In this