Molecular characterization of a xylanase-producing thermophilic fungus isolated from Japanese soil

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Boonlue, Sophon ^a   Aimi, Tadanori ^a   Morinaga, Tsutomu ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; JAPAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCYTALIDIUM THERMOPHILUM; SCYTALIDIUM THERMOPHILUM AF101 3; SOIL MICROFLORA; TEMPERATURE; XYLANASE PRODUCING THERMOPHILIC FUNGUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HEAT; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

FUNGI; HUMICOLA; SCYTALIDIUM; SCYTALIDIUM THERMOPHILUM; THERMOMYCES LANUGINOSUS;

EID: 0042972627     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3918-z     Document Type: Article

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