Systematic search for cultivatable fungi that best deconstruct cell walls of Miscanthus and sugarcane in the field

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5490-5504

  Shrestha, Prachand ^a   Szaro, Timothy M ^b   Bruns, Thomas D ^b   Taylor, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CELL WALLS; CULTIVATED FUNGI; DECAY FUNGI; FUNGAL COLONIES; FUNGAL SPECIES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HOST PLANTS; ILLINOIS; LOUISIANA; MICRO WELLS; MISCANTHUS; MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION; PLANT CELL WALL; PLANT MATERIAL; PURE CULTURE; SACCHARUM; SOLID SUBSTRATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

BIODEGRADATION; CULTIVATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; RECOVERY;

FUNGI;

BIOFUEL; FUNGAL DNA;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; CELL ORGANELLE; COLONY STRUCTURE; CULTIVATION; FRAGMENTATION; FUNGUS; GRASS; HARBOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUGAR CANE; TAXONOMY; WEED; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; POACEAE; SUGARCANE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; POACEAE; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ILLINOIS; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOTHYRIALES; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; EUROTIOMYCETES; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES; MISCANTHUS; MYCELIUM (GENUS); PLEOSPORALES; POACEAE; SACCHARUM; SORDARIOMYCETES;

EID: 79961046688     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02996-10     Document Type: Article

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