A new class of tungsten-containing oxidoreductase in Caldicellulosiruptor, a genus of plant biomass-degrading thermophilic bacteria

IM Scott, GM Rubinstein, GL Lipscomb… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii grows optimally at 78° C and is able to decompose high
concentrations of lignocellulosic plant biomass without the need for thermochemical …

A new class of tungsten-containing oxidoreductase in the genus of the plant biomass-degrading, thermophilic bacteria Caldicellulosiruptor

IM Scott, GM Rubinstein, GL Lipscomb… - Appl Environ …, 2015 - hero.epa.gov
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii grows optimally at 78 C and is able to decompose high
concentrations of lignocellulosic plant biomass without the need for thermochemical …

The thermophilic biomass-degrading bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii utilizes two enzymes to oxidize glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate during glycolysis

IM Scott, GM Rubinstein, FL Poole, GL Lipscomb… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii is an extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium with a growth
optimum at 78° C and is the most thermophilic cellulose degrader known. It is an attractive …

Heterologous complementation of a pyrF deletion in Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalisgenerates a new host for the analysis of biomass deconstruction

J Groom, D Chung, J Young, J Westpheling - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2014 - Springer
Background Members of the thermophilic, anaerobic Gram-positive bacterial genus
Caldicellulosiruptor grow optimally at 65 to 78° C and degrade lignocellulosic biomass …

Isolation and bioinformatic analysis of a novel transposable element, ISCbe4, from the hyperthermophilic bacterium, Caldicellulosiruptor bescii

M Cha, H Wang, D Chung, JL Bennetzen… - Journal of Industrial …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii is an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium of special interest for use
in the consolidated bioprocessing of plant biomass to biofuels. In the course of experiments …

Complete Genome Sequence of the Cellulolytic Thermophile Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis OB47T

JG Elkins, A Lochner, SD Hamilton-Brehm… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis OB47T (ATCC BAA-2073, JCM 16842) is an
extremely thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium capable of hydrolyzing plant-derived polymers …

Insights into Thermophilic Plant Biomass Hydrolysis from Caldicellulosiruptor Systems Biology

SE Blumer-Schuette - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plant polysaccharides continue to serve as a promising feedstock for bioproduct
fermentation. However, the recalcitrant nature of plant biomass requires certain key …

Comparative analysis of extremely thermophilic Caldicellulosiruptor species reveals common and unique cellular strategies for plant biomass utilization

JV Zurawski, JM Conway, LL Lee… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbiological, genomic and transcriptomic analyses were used to examine three species
from the bacterial genus Caldicellulosiruptor with respect to their capacity to convert the …

Overcoming restriction as a barrier to DNA transformation in Caldicellulosiruptor species results in efficient marker replacement

D Chung, J Farkas, J Westpheling - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2013 - Springer
Background Thermophilic microorganisms have special advantages for the conversion of
plant biomass to fuels and chemicals. Members of the genus Caldicellulosiruptor are the …

Genus-wide assessment of lignocellulose utilization in the extremely thermophilic genus Caldicellulosiruptor by genomic, pangenomic, and metagenomic analyses

LL Lee, SE Blumer-Schuette, JA Izquierdo… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Metagenomic data from Obsidian Pool (Yellowstone National Park, USA) and
13 genome sequences were used to reassess genus-wide biodiversity for the extremely …