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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2007.802

Fibrobacter succinogenes, a Dominant Fibrolytic Ruminal Bacterium: Transition to the Post Genomic Era  

Jun, H.S. (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph)
Qi, M. (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph)
Ha, J.K. (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Forsberg, C.W. (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.20, no.5, 2007 , pp. 802-810 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fibrobacter succinogenes, a Gram-negative, anaerobic ruminal bacterium is a major fibre digesting species in the rumen. It intensively degrades plant cell walls by an erosion type of mechanism, burrowing its way through the complex matrix of cellulose and hemicellulose with the release of digestible and undigested cell wall fragments. The enzymes involved in this process include a combination of glucanases, xylanases, arabinofuranosidase(s) and esterases. The genome of the bacterium has been sequenced and this has revealed in excess of 100 putative glycosyl hydrolase, pectate lyase and carbohydrate esterase genes, which is greater than the numbers reported present in other major cellulolytic organisms for which genomes have been sequenced. Modelling of the amino acid sequences of two glycanases, CedA and EGB, by reference to crystallized homologs has enabled prediction of the major features of their tertiary structures. Two dimensional gel electrophoresis in conjunction with mass spectroscopy has permitted the documentation of proteins over expressed in F. succinogenes grown on cellulose, and analysis of the cell surfaces of mutant strains unable to bind to cellulose has enabled the identification of candidate proteins with roles in adhesion to the plant cell wall substrate, the precursor to cellulose biodegradation.
Keywords
Cellulose; Cell Walls; Fibrobacter succinogenes; Cellulase; Xylanase; Fibrobacter intestinalis;
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