Cellulolytic activities on agar plates or polyacrylamide gels were visualized by staining with 0.2% (w/v) Congo red solution for 15 min at room temperature and destaining in 1 M NaCl 22.

Specialist cellulolytic species of Ruminococcus and Fibrobacter are shown (in blue) closely attached to the substrate. Other bacteria that are able to use soluble polymers, for example, butyrate ...

Frances Arnold is designing better enzymes for making biofuels from cellulose. Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages. The new ...

Six isolates of Erwinia chrysanthemi Burk., Mc Fad. et Dim. originally isolated from Carnation, Philodendron sp., Chrysanthemum, Dieffenbachia sp. and Corn were cultured in five different media, and ...

In December, President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which calls for U.S. production of renewable fuels to reach 36 billion gallons a year–nearly five times ...

Higher cellulolytic activity of a vital microorganism explained Wide range of cellulase modalities in C. thermocellum makes it one of the most efficient biomass degraders Date: February 8, 2016 ...

This discovery, enabled by the BioEnergy Science Center, will influence the strategies used to improve the cellulolytic activity of biomass degrading microbes going forward.

D. A. Denison, R. D. Koehn, Cellulase Activity of Poronia oedipus, Mycologia, Vol. 69, No. 3 (May - Jun., 1977), pp. 592-603 ...