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SUBMITTER: Gilmore SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4601266 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gilmore Sean P SP Henske John K JK O'Malley Michelle A MA
Bioengineered 20150101 4
Extraction of sugar is the rate-limiting step in converting unpretreated biomass into value-added products through microbial fermentation. Both anaerobic fungi and anaerobic bacteria have evolved to produce large multi-cellulase complexes referred to as cellulosomes, which are powerful machines for biomass deconstruction. Characterization of bacterial cellulosomes has inspired synthetic "designer" cellulosomes, consisting of parts discovered from the native system that have proven useful for cel ...[more]