The complexities of hydrolytic enzymes from the termite digestive system

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-122

  Saadeddin, Anas ^a  

^a ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Cellulose; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Enzymes; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Symbionts; Termites

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; MONOMERS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION; FEEDSTOCK PRETREATMENT; HEMICELLULOSE; SECOND GENERATION BIOETHANOL; SYMBIONTS; TERMITES; THERMOCHEMICAL PRETREATMENT; WOOD-FEEDING TERMITES;

WOOD;

ACETIC ACID; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDO BETA 1,4 XYLANASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE; HYDROGEN; HYDROLASE; INSECT PROTEIN; LACCASE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; BIOFUEL;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FLAGELLATE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RETICULITERMES; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; HEMICELLULOSES; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNINS; MONOMERS; OPTIMIZATION; TERMITES; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROLYSIS; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84901794553     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.727379     Document Type: Article

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