Glycoside and polysaccharide hydrolase activity of the rumen anaerobic fungus Caecomyces communis (Sphaeromonas communis SENSU ORPIN) at early and final stages of the developmental cycle

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 256-259

  Gerbi, Corinne ^a   Bata, Jacqueline ^a   Breton, André ^b   Prensier, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROLASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLULASE; FUNGI; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLASES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RUMEN;

EID: 0029971761     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900046     Document Type: Article

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