Cellulase system of a free-living, mesophilic clostridium (strain C7).

doi:10.1128/jb.172.8.4222-4230.1990

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Cellulase system of a free-living, mesophilic clostridium (strain C7).

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 1990

Cavedon K, Leschine S B, Canale-Parola E

Abstract excerpt

The enzymatic activity responsible for crystalline cellulose degradation (Avicelase activity) by a mesophilic clostridium (strain C7) was present in culture supernatant fluid but was not detected in significant amounts in association with whole cells or in disrupted cells. Cells of the mesophilic...

Topics

Cell Membrane
Cellulase
Chromatography, Gel
Clostridium
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Kinetics
Molecular Weight
Mutation
Substrate Specificity
Ultrafiltration

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