Molecular diversity of thermophilic cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-110

  Bergquist, Peter L ^a,b   Gibbs, Moreland D ^a   Morris, Daniel D ^a   Te'o, V S Junior ^a   Saul, David J ^c   Morgan, Hugh W ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Binding domain; Caldicellulosiruptor; Cellulase; Molecular diversity; Thermal stabilising domain; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; BIODIVERSITY; CELL LINEAGE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

CALDIBACILLUS CELLULOVORANS; CALDICELLULOSIRUPTOR SACCHAROLYTICUS; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS;

EID: 0033006995     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00078-6     Document Type: Review

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