Cellulase, clostridia, and ethanol

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-154

  Demain, Arnold L ^a   Newcomb, Michael ^b   Wu, J H David ^b  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; CELLLOBIOHYDROLASE; CELLOBIOSE; CELLODEXTRIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSOME; COHESIN; DOCKING PROTEIN; ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ENZYME; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; HEMICELLULOSE; LACTIC ACID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PHOSPHORYLASE; PROTEIN CELLOBIOSE PHOSPHORYLASE; PROTEIN CELLODEXTRIN PHOSPHORYLASE; PROTEIN HEMICELLULASE; PROTEIN LICHENASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CARBON SOURCE; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; CLOSTRIDIUM JOSUI; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOSACCHAROLYTICUM; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRICHODERMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CELLULASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHANOL;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 14944356813     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.1.124-154.2005     Document Type: Review

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