The Cellulosome: A Natural Bacterial Strategy to Combat Biomass Recalcitrance

Biomass Recalcitrance: Deconstructing the Plant Cell Wall for Bioenergy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 407-435

  Bayer, Edward A ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^b   Lamed, Raphael ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell surface disposition of cellulosomes; Cellulose degradation; Cellulosomal carbohydrate active enzymes; Cellulosome natural bacterial strategy to combat biomass recalcitrance; Cellulosome assault on recalcitrant cellulose substrates; Cellulosome concept; Cellulosome cellulose interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889449913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305418.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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