Differences in biomass degradation between newly isolated environmental strains of Clostridium thermocellum and heterogeneity in the size of the cellulosomal scaffoldin.

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Cellulolytic bacterial strains with high activity were isolated from cellulose degrading enrichment cultures derived from thermophilic biogas plants and environmental samples. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of the strains revealed >99.8% sequence identity and affiliation with the species Clostridium thermocellum. The strains differed in their ability to degrade crystalline cellulose, especially at an elevated...

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