While resource-based industries, such as forestry and pulp and paper, have been hard hit
by recession and increased competition, they remain a strong contributor to the economy of …

Thermostable enzymes offer potential benefits in the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic substrates;
higher specific activity decreasing the amount of enzymes, enhanced stability allowing …

MEASUREMENT OF CELLULASE ACTIVITIES Page 1 Pure & App!. Chem., Vol. 59, No. 2, pp.
257—268, 1987. Printed in Great Britain. © 1987 IUPAC INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE …

Twenty laboratories participated in a collaborative investigation of assays for endo-1, 4-β-
xylanase activity based on production of reducing sugars from polymeric 4-O-methyl …

Lignocellulose is a potential substrate for ethanol production. However, high cellulose
conversion requires high enzyme loading, which makes the process less economically …

Biological conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals offers the high yields to
products vital to economic success and the potential for very low costs. Enzymatic hydrolysis …

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

An efficient transformation system for the cellulolytic filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei
has been developed. Transformation was obtained with plasmid carrying the dominant …

Cellulose is the major polysaccharide of plants where it plays a predominantly structural
role. A variety of highly specialized microorganisms have evolved to produce enzymes that …

Applications of xylanases can be found in the food, feed and pulp/paper industry.
Filamentous fungi are particularly interesting producers of this enzyme from an industrial …