Mining for hemicellulases in the fungus-growing termite Pseudacanthotermes militaris using functional metagenomics

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bastien, Géraldine ^a,b,c   Arnal, Grégory ^a,b,c   Bozonnet, Sophie ^a,b,c   Laguerre, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Ferreira, Fernando ^a,b,c   Fauré, Régis ^a,b,c   Henrissat, Bernard ^d   Lefèvre, Fabrice ^e   Robe, Patrick ^e   Bouchez, Olivier ^f   Noirot, Céline ^f   Dumon, Claire ^a,b,c   O'Donohue, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e LibraGen SA   (France)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass degradation; Biorefinery; Functional metagenomics; Fungus growing termite; Glycoside hydrolases; Hemicellulases

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS DEGRADATIONS; BIOREFINERIES; FUNGUS-GROWING TERMITES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEMICELLULASES; METAGENOMICS;

BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOHYDRATES; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; LIBRARIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFINING;

BIOMASS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CLONE; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; TERMITE;

BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDACANTHOTERMES MILITARIS;

EID: 84877595745     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-78     Document Type: Article

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