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Isolation and characterization of a cellulolytic Geobacillus thermoleovorans T4 strain from sugar refinery wastewater.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Oct 2004
Tai Shang-Kai, Lin Hsiu-Ping Pearl, Kuo Jimmy, Liu Jong-Kang
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A novel, cellulolytic, bacterial thermophilic strain, T4, was isolated from sugar refinery wastewater in southern Taiwan. This isolate, a Gram-negative, motile, aerobically growing sporulating rod, can secrete thermostable endocellulase (endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase, EC 3.2.1.4) and hydrolyze carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), phosphoric acid-swollen cellulose, Avicel, filter paper, and salicin. When strain T4 was grown...
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