Patent ID: 8658407

Claim:
A composition for generation of ethanol from a lignocellulosic feedstock comprising a lignocellulosic feedstock degradation composition, wherein the lignocellulosic feedstock degradation composition comprises: a) a lignocellulosic priming feedstock; wherein the lignocellulosic priming feedstock comprises dried distiller's grains (DDG) or dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS); and b) one or more lignocellulose-degrading microbes, wherein the one or more lignocellulose-degrading microbes are selected from the group consisting of Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae , and Rhizopus oligosporus; wherein the lignocellulose feedstock degradation composition is generated via incubation of the lignocellulosic priming feedstock with the one or more lignocellulose-degrading microbes under solid state fermentation conditions; and wherein the lignocellulosic feedstock degradation composition, when added to an ethanologenic fermentation of lignocellulosic feedstock, increases the yield of ethanol obtained from the ethanologenic fermentation by at least 9% compared to the yield of ethanol from ethnologenic fermentation of the lignocellulosic feedstock in the absence of the lignocellulosic feedstock degradation composition.