Production and characterization of an enzyme complex from a new strain of Clostridium thermocellum with emphasis on its xylanase activity

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-242

  Vieira, Werner Bessa ^a   Moreira, Leonora Rios De Souza ^a   Neto, Amadeu Monteiro ^a   Ferreira Filho, Edivaldo Ximenes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Banana stem; Clostridium thermocellum; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM;

EID: 34447122602     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822007000200009     Document Type: Article

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