Anaerobic fungi and their cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes |
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Authors: | Marcel J. Teunissen Huub J. M. Op den Camp |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Anaerobic fungi are the inhabitants of the digestive tract of herbivorous mammals, ruminants as well as non-ruminants. One of the major characteristics of all anaerobic fungi examined thus far, is their production and secretion of a range of polysaccharide-degrading enzymes, including cellulases, xylanases and glucoside-hydrolases. The cellulolytic enzymes of the anaerobic fungusNeocallimastix frontalis have been shown to possess a high activity. Therefore anaerobic fungi and/or their enzymes could be interesting for many biotechnological applications including saccharafication of lignocellulosic residues, production of polysacchari-dehydrolysing enzymes. This review summarizes the present knowledge of anaerobic fungi with special emphasis on their cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes. Further, a comparison with aerobic fungi is made.Abbreviations G2 cellobiose - G3 cellotriose - G4 cellotetraose - G5 cellopentaose - HMM-complex high molecular mass complex - PNPF p-nitrophenyl--fucopyranoside - PNPG p-nitrophenyl--glucopyranoside |
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Keywords: | anaerobic fungi cellulolytic enzymes xylanolytic enzymes rumen |
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