The degradation of lignocellulosics by extremely thermophilic microorganisms
Open Access
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 33 (11) , 1495-1499
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260331118
Abstract
Five extremely thermophilic cellulose-degrading isolates obtained from New Zealand thermal springs were tested for their ability to degrade a number of natural lignocellulosic substrates. Degradation by three of the isolates was generally similar to that by the moderate thermophile, Clostridium thermocellum but occurred at a higher temperature. The New Zealand isolates were also found to grow on xylan as sole carbohydrate source, which probably extends their attack to hemicellulose.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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