Metabolic basis for the preferential utilization of disaccharide, by the cellulose-decomposing bacterium, cellvibrio gilvus (nov. sp.)

A cellulose-decomposing bacterium isolated from bovine feces was purified, identified as a member of the genus, Cellvibrio, and the new species name gilvus was proposed. Cellulose decomposition was demonstrated and cellobiose was the only hydrolytic sugar product. Excellent growth was obtained on...

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Main Author: Hulcher, Frank Hope
Other Authors: Biochemistry
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87663