Journal of the American Chemical SocietyCelluloseBiological ProductsAcetivibrio thermocellus
Flavoaffinins, Elusive Cellulose-Binding Natural Products from an Anaerobic Bacterium.
Duncan J Kountz, Ruocheng Yu, Jessie H Lee, Katherine N Maloney, Emily P Balskus
Published: 202610.1021/jacs.5c15360
Abstract
Cellulose is the most abundant polymer on Earth. Many anaerobic cellulose-degrading bacteria produce uncharacterized yellow-orange, cellulose-binding pigments known as yellow affinity substances (here referred to as flavoaffinins) that are associated…
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