Cellulase Systems of Anaerobic Microorganisms from the Rumen and Large Intestine

Biomass Recalcitrance: Deconstructing the Plant Cell Wall for Bioenergy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 393-406

  Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulase systems of anaerobic microorganisms from rumen and large intestine; Cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic bacteria from rumen; Other clostridium related anaerobic bacteria; Plant cell wall breakdown by eukaryotic microorganisms; Rumen fungi; Rumen protozoa; Ruminococcus flavefaciens

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054713463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305418.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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