Identification and characterization of novel cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic genes and enzymes derived from German grassland soil metagenomes

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 663-675

  Nacke, Heiko ^a   Engelhaupt, Martin ^a   Brady, Silja ^a   Fischer, Christiane ^a   Tautzt, Janine ^a,b   Daniel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity based screening; Cellulase; Metagenomic libraries; Soil metagenome; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE-BINDING MODULES; CARBOXY-METHYL CELLULOSE; CELLULASE; CELLULASE GENES; CELLULOSE SUBSTRATES; DEGRADATION PROFILES; E. COLI; GLUCANASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GRASSLAND SOILS; HIGH ACTIVITY; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC DNA; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; OPTIMAL ACTIVITY; PH RANGE; PROTEIN DOMAINS; RECOMBINANT ENZYMES; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; XYLANASE ACTIVITY; XYLANASES;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIBRARIES; OPTIMIZATION; SOILS;

GENES;

CELLULASE; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GERMANY; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

CELLULASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GERMANY; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XYLOSIDASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM;

EID: 84858009110     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0830-2     Document Type: Article

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