Cellulose degradation in the human gut: Ruminococcus champanellensis expands the cellulosome paradigm

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 307-310

  Cann, Isaac ^a,b   Bernardi, Rafael C ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RUMINOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSOMES; HUMANS; RUMINOCOCCUS;

EID: 84959485011     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13152     Document Type: Article

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