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Isolation and characterization of solventogenic, cellulase-free xylanolytic Clostridia from cow rumen.
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research - 1 Jan 2003
Sankar M, Delgado O, Mattiasson B
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Hemicellulolytic obligate anaerobes capable of converting a range of agricultural substrates and monomeric sugars of hemicellulose to solvents and acids were isolated from cow rumen fluid. The strains were identified as 5 strains of C. beijerinckii (3 different genotypes), 3 strains of C. acetobutylicum (2 different genotypes), 1 strain of C. butyricum and 3 strains of C. bifermentans (2 different genotypes). All...
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