The bovine rumen represents a highly specialized bioreactor where plant cell wall polysaccharides
(PCWPs) are efficiently deconstructed via numerous enzymes produced by resident …

A series of chitosan with different molecular weights obtained by γ‐irradiation
depolymerization and another series of deacetylated chitosan were synthesized. Several N,O‐…

Prokaryote diversity in the rumen of yak (Bos grunniens) and Jinnan cattle (Bos taurus) was
estimated by 16S rDNA homology analysis. Two rumen 16S rDNA libraries were constructed…

The rumen hosts one of the most efficient microbial systems for degrading plant cell walls,
yet the predominant cellulolytic proteins and fibrolytic mechanism(s) remain elusive. Here we …

Advanced high-throughput screening methods for small molecules may have important
applications in the metabolic engineering of the biosynthetic pathways of these molecules. …

Lipases are ubiquitous enzymes of great physiological significance that have been used
extensively in multiple industries. Environmental microorganisms are a major source for the …

One clone encoding glycoside hydrolases was identified through functional screening of a
rumen bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library. Of the 68 open reading frames (ORFs) …

Enzymes that can decompose synthetic plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
are urgently needed. Still, a bottleneck remains due to a lack of techniques for detecting and …

Our current knowledge of the virosphere in deep‐sea sediments remains rudimentary. Here
we investigated viral diversity at both gene and genomic levels in deep‐sea sediments of …

The termini of a pair of xylanases, one of mesophilic and one of thermophilic origin, was
studied by molecular dissection and systematic mutagenesis. The thermostability of the …