Bioprospection of cellulose-decomposers soil bacteria

Cellulose utilization in forest litter and soil: identification of bacterial and fungal decomposers.

Organic matter decomposition in the globally widespread coniferous forests has an important role in the carbon cycle, and cellulose decomposition is especially important in this respect because cellulose is the most abundant polysaccharide in plant litter. Cellulose decomposition was 10 times faster in the fungi-dominated litter of Picea abies forest than in the bacteria-dominated soil. In the ...

Evaluation Studies of Thermophilic Bacteria isolated from Rice Field Soil for Cellulose Digestion

In the present study cellulolytic bacteria were isolated from soil of rice field in aim to degrade various recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomaterials. Soil was collected from rice field at Lovely Professional University Campus & spreading was done upto serial 10-7 dilutions on CMC Agar Media. Out of 108 colonies from 10-1 and 78 colonies from 10-2 dilution of the soil sample, two bacteria RFS1 (...

Isolation and enzyme bioprospection of endophytic bacteria associated with plants of Brazilian mangrove ecosystem

The mangrove ecosystem is a coastal tropical biome located in the transition zone between land and sea that is characterized by periodic flooding, which confers unique and specific environmental conditions on this biome. In these ecosystems, the vegetation is dominated by a particular group of plant species that provide a unique environment harboring diverse groups of microorganisms, including ...

The Decomposition of Cellulose by Soil Fungi*

Why don't ruminal bacteria digest cellulose faster?

The bacteria Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminococcus albus generally are regarded as the predominant cellulolytic microbes in the rumen. Comparison of available data from the literature reveals that these bacteria are the most actively cellulolytic of all mesophilic organisms described to date from any habitat. In light of numerous proposals to improve microbial ce...