An extremely thermostable cellulase from the thermophilic eubacterium Rhodothermus marinus
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An extracellular endo-beta-1,4-glucanase purified from Rhodothermus marinus is the most thermostable endocellulase that retains 50% of its activity after 3.5 hrs at 100 degree celsius and 80% after 16 hrs at 90 degree celsius. It is active on carboxymethyl cellulose, the hydrolysis products of which are glucose, cellobiose, cellotriose, cellopentaose mixture and oligosaccharides. This indicates that the cellular polymer is attacked by the enzyme in a random manner. The enzyme also shows glucosyltransferase activity.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1996
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Investigation of the microbial ecology of intertidal hot springs by using diversity analysis of 16S rRNA and chitinase genes
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The microbial diversity of intertidal hot springs on the seashore of northwest Iceland was examined by combining directed in situ enrichments, artificial support colonization, and mat sampling. Analysis of 16S rRNA genes revealed the presence of clones related to both marine and terrestrial, thermophilic, mesophilic, and psychrophilic microorganisms scattered among 11 bacterial divisions.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Influence of sulfide and temperature on species composition and community structure of hot spring microbial mats
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Research has been conducted on the bacterial sulfur mats from sulfide-rich hot springs. The cloning and sequencing of the rRNA genes in investigating microbial diversity of one sulfur mat hot spring is described.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2000
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