Genomic Evaluation of Thermoanaerobacter spp. for the Construction of Designer Co-Cultures to Improve Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production

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Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Verbeke, Tobin J ^a   Zhang, Xiangli ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^b   Spicer, Vic ^a   Rydzak, Thomas ^a   Krokhin, Oleg V ^c   Fristensky, Brian ^a   Levin, David B ^a   Sparling, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE ACTIVE ENZYME; LIGNOCELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; BIOPROCESS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL ENERGY; CLADISTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER BROCKII; THERMOANAEROBACTER ETHANOLICUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER ITALICUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER MATHRANII; THERMOANAEROBACTER PSEUDETHANOLICUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER SIDEROPHILUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER THERMOHYDROSULFURICUS; THERMOANAEROBACTER WIEGELII; THERMOANAEROBACTERIACEAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHYLOGENY; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER THERMOHYDROSULFURICUS;

EID: 84875414012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059362     Document Type: Article

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