INTRODUCTION 3-1, 4-Xylans are heterogeneous polysaccharides found in the cell walls of
all land plants and in almost all plant parts (147). The hydrolysis of their characteristic …

Microbial mannanases have become biotechnologically important since they target the
hydrolysis of complex polysaccharides of plant tissues into simple molecules like manno …

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The structure of the rotary motor was described in Chapter 9 (Fig. 9.3) and its assembly was
discussed in Chapter 10. Here, I will say more about function. Given that the diameter of the …

The oil crisis during the 1970s turned interest towards the utilization of renewable resources
and towards lignocellulosics in particular. The 1970s were also the cradle period of …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

Enzyme assays, once used primarily to collect descriptive information about soils, have
become useful techniques for monitoring microbial activity and uncovering the mechanisms …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

For a hundred years or more, oil and natural gas has supplied fuel and other raw chemicals
to support economic growth. In the last decades their shrinking reservoirs and the increasing …

Exploring the role of enzymes in biogeochemical processes, this reference explores the
function, molecular biology, and biochemistry of microorganisms and their intra-and extra …