Fundamental features of microbial cellulose utilization are examined at successively higher
levels of aggregation encompassing the structure and composition of cellulosic biomass …

Xylan is the principal type of hemicellulose. It is a linear polymer of β-D-xylopyranosyl units
linked by (1–4) glycosidic bonds. In nature, the polysaccharide backbone may be added to 4 …

Cellulose is the most abundant renewable natural biological resource, and the production of
biobased products and bioenergy from less costly renewable lignocellulosic materials is …

▪ Abstract The discrete multicomponent, multienzyme cellulosome complex of anaerobic
cellulolytic bacteria provides enhanced synergistic activity among the different resident …

Despite its simple chemical composition, cellulose exists in a number of crystalline and
amorphous topologies. Its insolubility and heterogeneity makes native cellulose a …

Despite the presence of many carbohydrolytic activities in insects, their cellulolytic
mechanisms are poorly understood. Whereas cellulase genes are absent from the genomes …

This chapter discusses the characteristics, sources, production, and applications of
cellulase. Cellulases are increasingly being used for a large variety of industrial purposes …

Cellulases produced by two Bacillus strains, CH43 and HR68, isolated from hot springs in
Zimbabwe, were purified to homogeneity from culture supernatants. Both enzymes had …

Compositions of cellulase-hemicellulase systems of aerobic fungi (hyphomycetes,
ascomycetes, and basidiomycetes), aerobic bacteria, actinomycetes, as well as anaerobic …

Plant cell wall-degrading enzymes have become increasingly important, since the
development of efficient biomass degradation methods and the conversion of sugars to …