Effects of coumarin and sparteine on attachment to cellulose and cellulolysis by Neocallimastix frontalis RE1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4666-4668

  Moniello, G ^a,c   Richardson, A J ^b   Duncan, Sylvia H ^b   Stewart, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COUMARIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; SPARTEINE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOLUBILIZATION;

FUNGI; NEOCALLIMASTIX FRONTALIS;

EID: 0029909025     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4666-4668.1996     Document Type: Article

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