Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ferment which causes the decomposition of cellulose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry An
enzyme thatcatalyze the cellulolysis (orhydrolysis ) ofcellulose .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A bonus of decoding the fungi's genome, Wolfe said, would be that, in degrading plant material, the fungi produces an enzyme called cellulase, of potential interest in biofuel processing.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The snail groups also have a special enzyme type, created by the snail version of a liver, called cellulase that is found in very few other invertebrates but plays an important role in dissolving the cell walls of algae and detritus.
Mollusca 2007
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The snail groups also have a special enzyme type, created by the snail version of a liver, called cellulase that is found in very few other invertebrates but plays an important role in dissolving the cell walls of algae and detritus.
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The snail groups also have a special enzyme type, created by the snail version of a liver, called cellulase that is found in very few other invertebrates but plays an important role in dissolving the cell walls of algae and detritus.
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A significant 2. 5-fold reduction in the added cellulase required for conversion of pretreated hardwood to ethanol; and
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Process Promises Better and Cheaper Ethanol 2009
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I have experimented with these cellulase-type enzymes for about 15 years.
From the annals of wine marketing…enzymes! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Complete elimination of added cellulase for conversion of waste paper sludge to ethanol.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Process Promises Better and Cheaper Ethanol 2009
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Regardless of the actual mechanism, I have evaluated side-by-side comparisons of Syrah and Mourvedre made with and without cellulase, and often the cellulase-treated lots show less gritty tannins and broader mouthfeel.
From the annals of wine marketing…enzymes! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Selected strains of C. thermocellum that can rapidly consume cellulose with high conversion and no added cellulase, and grow on cellulose in the presence of commercial levels of ethanol.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Process Promises Better and Cheaper Ethanol 2009
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CBP avoids the need for the costly production of cellulase enzymes by using engineered microorganisms that produce cellulases and ethanol at high yield in a single step.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Process Promises Better and Cheaper Ethanol 2009
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