Cellulose degradation and biofilm formation in the developmental life cycle of the cellulolytic actinomycete Thermobifida fusca

Actinomycetes have been used with enormous success in industrial processes; however, little is known about biofilm development by these filamentous microbes, and the presence of community development on insoluble cellulosic substrates such as cellulose. Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer and...

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Main Author: Alonso, Almaris N
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2007
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3275796