Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-29-2013

Publication Title

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Department

Thayer School of Engineering

Additional Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Abstract

Microbial cellulose conversion by Clostridium thermocellum 27405 occurs predominantly through the activity of substrate-adherent bacteria organized in thin, primarily single cell-layered biofilms. The importance of cellulosic surface exposure to microbial hydrolysis has received little attention despite its implied impact on conversion kinetics.

DOI

10.1186/1754-6834-6-175

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