Aerobic Microbial Cellulase Systems

Biomass Recalcitrance: Deconstructing the Plant Cell Wall for Bioenergy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 374-392

  Wilson, David B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic microbial cellulase systems; Cellulase synergism; Cellulases from trichoderma reesei; Cellulolytic aerobic bacteria; Cellulose binding domains; Diversity of cellulases; Other fungal cellulases; Understanding cellulases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889385702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305418.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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