Enzymatic degradation of abundant renewable polysaccharides such as cellulose and
starch is a field that has the attention of both the industrial and scientific community. Most of …

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

The gastrointestinal microbiome is a complex ecosystem with functions that shape human
health. Studying the relationship between taxonomic alterations and functional …

Biomass conversion to ethanol as a liquid fuel by the thermophilic and anaerobic clostridia
offers a potential partial solution to the problem of the world's dependence on petroleum for …

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

Clostridium cellulolyticum ATCC 35319 is a non-ruminal mesophilic cellulolytic bacterium
originally isolated from decayed grass. As with most truly cellulolytic clostridia, C …

The SKY hot spring is a unique site filled with a thick layer of plant litter. With the
advancement of next-generation sequencing, it is now possible to mine many new …

The assembly of proteins that display complementary activities into supramolecular intra‐
and extracellular complexes is central to cellular function. One such nanomachine of …

Background Select cellulolytic bacteria produce multi-enzymatic cellulosome complexes that
bind to the plant cell wall and catalyze its efficient degradation. The multi-modular …

Structural biology and structural genomics are expected to produce many three-dimensional
protein structures in the near future. Each new structure raises questions about its function …