The degradation of lignocellulosics by extremely thermophilic microorganisms.
Five extremely thermophilic cellulose-degrading isolates obtained from New Zealand thermal springs were tested for their ability to degrade a number of natural lignocellulosic substrates. Degradation by three of the isolates was generally similar to that by the moderate thermophile, Clostridium thermocellum but occurred at a higher temperature. The New Zealand isolates were also found to grow on xylan as sole carbohydrate source, which probably extends their attack to hemicellulose.
Donnison
A M
AM
Thermophile Research Unit, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Brockelsby
C M
CM
Morgan
H W
HW
Daniel
R M
RM