Synergistic function of four novel thermostable glycoside hydrolases from a long-term enriched thermophilic methanogenic digester

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Meng ^a,b   Lai, Guo Li ^b   Nie, Yong ^b   Geng, Shuang ^b   Liu, Liming ^a   Zhu, Baoli ^c   Shi, Zhongping ^a   Wu, Xiao Lei ^b  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuels production; Cellulase; Enzyme cocktail; Enzyme compatibility; Metagenome; Xylanase; glucosidase; xylosidase

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84931264792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00509     Document Type: Article

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