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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 clostridium lacked cellulosome clusters on their surface and did not adhere to cellulose fibers. The extracellular...
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