Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus WC1 shows protein complement stability during fermentation of key lignocellulose-derived substrates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1602-1615

  Verbeke, Tobin J ^a   Spicer, Vic ^a   Krokhin, Oleg V ^b   Zhang, Xiangli ^a   Schellenberg, John J ^a   Fristensky, Brian ^a   Wilkins, John A ^b   Levin, David B ^a   Sparling, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; LIGNIN; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLOME; PROTEOME; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 84894074450     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03555-13     Document Type: Article

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