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Potential and utilization of thermophiles and thermostable enzymes in biorefining

Pernilla Turner email, Gashaw Mamo email and Eva Nordberg Karlsson email

Dept Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

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Microbial Cell Factories 2007, 6:9doi:10.1186/1475-2859-6-9

Published: 15 March 2007

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Additional File 1:

Examples of possible and current applications of thermostable hydrolases, and sequence-related transferases. The table shows applications of thermostable enzymes; hydrolases and transferases, along with EC numbers.

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Properties of some thermostable wild-type or engineered members of the α-amylase family acting on starch and related molecules. The table shows some properties of thermostable enzymes acting on starch and related molecules.

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Properties of some thermostable hydrolases of both thermophilic and mesophilic origin acting on lignocellulosic materials. The table shows some properties of enzymes acting on lignocellulosics.

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