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Screening for Cellulases with Industrial Value and Their Use in Biomass Conversion

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Cellulose is an easily renewable and highly occurring resource. To take advantage of this great potential, there is a constant need of new cellulose degrading enzymes. In industrial applications enzymes have to function under extreme conditions like high temperature, very acidic or basic pH and different solvents. Cellulases have a huge area of application, for example the textile and food industry as well as the generation of bioethanol as an alternative energy source. They have the ability to yield a great energetic potential, but there is still a lack of economical technologies to conquer the stability of the cellulose structure. Via metagenomic research and well-directed screening, it is possible to detect new cellulases, which are active under tough industrial conditions.

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    Julia Jüergensen, Nele Ilmberger & Wolfgang R. Streit

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Jüergensen, J., Ilmberger, N., Streit, W.R. (2012). Screening for Cellulases with Industrial Value and Their Use in Biomass Conversion. In: Cheng, Q. (eds) Microbial Metabolic Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 834. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-483-4_1

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