Adhesion to cellulose by Ruminococcus albus: A combination of cellulosomes and Pil-proteins?

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-115

  Morrison, Mark ^a   Miron, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cellulose hydrolysis; Ruminococcus albus

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS;

EID: 0034655515     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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