A cellulase-poor, thermostable, alkalitolerant xylanase produced by Bacillus circulans AB 16 grown on rice straw and its application in biobleaching of eucalyptus pulp

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-277

  Dhillon, Ashita ^a   Gupta, J K ^b   Jauhari, B M ^c   Khanna, S ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Ballarpur Industries Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus circulans; Biobleaching; Rice straw; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOPULPING; BLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; FOOD ADDITIVES; KRAFT PULP; PH EFFECTS; STRAW; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ALKALITOLERANCE; BIOBLEACHING; CELLULASES; EUCALYPTUS; XYLANASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CELLULASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BLEACHING; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUCALYPTUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; STRAW; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0034012852     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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