Thermophilic microbial cellulose decomposition and methanogenesis pathways recharacterized by metatranscriptomic and metagenomic analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xia, Yu ^a   Wang, Yubo ^a   Fang, Herbert H P ^a   Jin, Tao ^b   Zhong, Huanzi ^b   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE;

CHEMISTRY; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84939277603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06708     Document Type: Article

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