Isolation and characterization of a Clostridium sp. with cinnamoyl esterase activity and unusual cell envelope ultrastructure

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 139-149

  McSweeney, Christopher S ^a   Dulieu, Amanda ^a   Webb, Richard I ^b   Del Dot, Therese ^b   Blackall, Linda L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell envelope; Cinnamic acid; Clostridium xylanolyticum; Esterase; Lignocellulose; Sporogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CINNAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM; ISOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032875217     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050753     Document Type: Article

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