Transcriptomic analysis of lignocellulosic biomass degradation by the anaerobic fungal isolate Orpinomyces sp. strain C1A

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Couger, M B ^a   Youssef, Noha H ^a   Struchtemeyer, Christopher G ^a,b   Liggenstoffer, Audra S ^a   Elshahed, Mostafa S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic gut fungi; Cellulosome; Lignocellulosic biomass; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; HYDROLASES; MONOMERS; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGAR CANE; TRANSCRIPTION;

CARBOHYDRATE ESTERASE; CELLULOSE AND HEMICELLULOSE; CELLULOSOMES; HEMICELLULOSIC FRACTIONS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVELS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORPINOMYCES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84957725186     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0390-0     Document Type: Article

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