Journal article

Publication year: 1996

Pages: 471-478

Journal: Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volume number: 80

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 0021-8847

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03245.x

Publisher: Blackwell

Abstract: 
Termites play a major role in the recycling of photosynthetically fixed carbon. With the aid of their symbiotic intestinal flora, they are able to degrade extensively wood constituents such as cellulose and hemicellulose. Nevertheless, the microbial species involved in the degradation of hemicelluloses are poorly defined. The purpose of this paper was to examine the microflora involved in hemicellulose degradation. Different aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria and yeasts were isolated using xylan, arabinogalactan and carboxymethylcellulose as substrates. Gram-positive isolates belonged to the genera Bacillus, Paenibacillus, Streptomyces or the actinobacteria group, while the Gram-negative strains were assigned to the genera Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Ochrobactrum, and to genera belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. The spectrum and activity of xylan- and arabinogalactan-hydrolysing glycosidases of these new isolates, together with additional bacterial strains originally obtained from enrichments with aromatic compounds were determined.

Harvard Citation style: Schäfer, A., Konrad, R., Kuhnigk, T., Kämpfer, P., Hertel, H. and König, H. (1996) Hemicellulose-degrading bacteria and yeasts from the termite gut., Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 80(5), pp. 471-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03245.x

APA Citation style: Schäfer, A., Konrad, R., Kuhnigk, T., Kämpfer, P., Hertel, H., & König, H. (1996). Hemicellulose-degrading bacteria and yeasts from the termite gut.. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 80(5), 471-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03245.x