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Cellulose degradation by Clostridium thermocellum: from manure to molecular biology
P Béguin1, J Millet, J P Aubert
1Département des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|December 15, 1992
Abstract:
Clostridium thermocellum, a Gram-positive, thermophilic anaerobe produces a highly active cellulase system. This system, termed the cellulosome, is a complex composed of at least 14-18 different types of components organized around a large, cellulose-binding protein. Combining recombinant DNA technology and protein biochemistry has proved to be a successful approach in unravelling some important features of the system.