List of works by Michael E. Himmel

3D electron tomography of pretreated biomass informs atomic modeling of cellulose microfibrils

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A 1.5 Å resolution X-ray structure of the catalytic module ofCaldicellulosiruptor besciifamily 3 pectate lyase

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A biophysical perspective on the cellulosome: new opportunities for biomass conversion

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

A constitutive expression system for glycosyl hydrolase family 7 cellobiohydrolases in Hypocrea jecorina

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

A highly efficient dilute alkali deacetylation and mechanical (disc) refining process for the conversion of renewable biomass to lower cost sugars

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A versatile 2A peptide-based bicistronic protein expressing platform for the industrial cellulase producing fungus, Trichoderma reesei

scientific article published on 06 February 2017

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of beta-D-glucose and beta-D-xylose degradation mechanisms in acidic aqueous solution

scientific article published in October 2005

Acidic sugar degradation pathways: an ab initio molecular dynamics study

scientific article published in January 2005

Advances in Consolidated Bioprocessing UsingClostridium thermocellumandThermoanaerobacter saccharolyticum

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Agave proves to be a low recalcitrant lignocellulosic feedstock for biofuels production on semi-arid lands

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Ameliorating the Metabolic Burden of the Co-expression of Secreted Fungal Cellulases in a High Lipid-Accumulating Strain by Medium C/N Ratio and a Chemical Chaperone

scientific article published in 2018

Analysis of transgenic glycoside hydrolases expressed in plants: T. reesei CBH I and A. cellulolyticus EI

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Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers

article by Michael E Himmel et al published 28 March 2015 in Biotechnology for Biofuels

Antisense down-regulation of 4CL expression alters lignification, tree growth, and saccharification potential of field-grown poplar

scientific article published on 20 August 2010

Applications of computational science for understanding enzymatic deconstruction of cellulose

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

Automated Filter Paper Assay for Determination of Cellulase Activity ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2003

Beta-D-glucosidase reaction kinetics from isothermal titration microcalorimetry

scientific article published on 13 October 2005

Binding preferences, surface attachment, diffusivity, and orientation of a family 1 carbohydrate-binding module on cellulose

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Binding site dynamics and aromatic-carbohydrate interactions in processive and non-processive family 7 glycoside hydrolases

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Biochemical and Structural Characterizations of Two Dictyostelium Cellobiohydrolases from the Amoebozoa Kingdom Reveal a High Level of Conservation between Distant Phylogenetic Trees of Life

scientific article published on April 2016

Bioprospecting metagenomics of decaying wood: mining for new glycoside hydrolases

scientific article (publication date: 4 August 2011)

Breakdown of hierarchical architecture in cellulose during dilute acid pretreatments

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Burkholderia phytofirmans Inoculation-Induced Changes on the Shoot Cell Anatomy and Iron Accumulation Reveal Novel Components of Arabidopsis-Endophyte Interaction that Can Benefit Downstream Biomass Deconstruction ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Caffeine and sugars interact in aqueous solutions: a simulation and NMR study.

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Catalyst transport in corn stover internodes: elucidating transport mechanisms using Direct Blue-I.

scientific article published in January 2006

Catalytically enhanced endocellulase Cel5A from Acidothermus cellulolyticus

scientific article published in January 2005

Cel48A from Thermobifida fusca: structure and site directed mutagenesis of key residues

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Cell wall targeted in planta iron accumulation enhances biomass conversion and seed iron concentration in Arabidopsis and rice

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Cellobiohydrolase hydrolyzes crystalline cellulose on hydrophobic faces

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Cellulase linkers are optimized based on domain type and function: insights from sequence analysis, biophysical measurements, and molecular simulation

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Cellulose crystallinity index: measurement techniques and their impact on interpreting cellulase performance

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Comparative Biochemical and Structural Analysis of Novel Cellulose Binding Proteins (Tāpirins) from Extremely Thermophilic Species

scientific article published in 2019

Comparing Residue Clusters from Thermophilic and Mesophilic Enzymes Reveals Adaptive Mechanisms

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Comparison of Cellulose Iβ Simulations with Three Carbohydrate Force Fields

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Comparison of transcriptional profiles of Clostridium thermocellum grown on cellobiose and pretreated yellow poplar using RNA-Seq

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Complete genome sequence and the expression pattern of plasmids of the model ethanologen Zymomonas mobilis ZM4 and its xylose-utilizing derivatives 8b and 2032.

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Computational investigation of glycosylation effects on a family 1 carbohydrate-binding module

scientific article published on 6 December 2011

Computational investigation of the pH dependence of loop flexibility and catalytic function in glycoside hydrolases

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Computer simulation studies of microcrystalline cellulose Ibeta

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Considering water availability and the effect of solute concentration on high solids saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass.

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Correction To Wood-Derived Materials for Green Electronics, Biological Devices, and Energy Applications

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Correction to: Multiple levers for overcoming the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass

Correlation of structure, function and protein dynamics in GH7 cellobiohydrolases from Trichoderma atroviride, T. reesei and T. harzianum

scientific article published on 13 January 2018

Crystal Structure and Computational Characterization of the Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase GH61D from the Basidiomycota Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

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Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals

scientific article published on January 2011

Decrystallization of Oligosaccharides from the Cellulose Iβ Surface with Molecular Simulation

Deletion of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii CelA reveals its crucial role in the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass

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Deletion of a single glycosyltransferase in eliminates protein glycosylation and growth on crystalline cellulose

Detecting cellulase penetration into corn stover cell walls by immuno-electron microscopy.

scientific article published in June 2009

Determination of lignin by size exclusion chromatography using multi angle laser light scattering

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Discrete and structurally unique proteins (tāpirins) mediate attachment of extremely thermophilic Caldicellulosiruptor species to cellulose.

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Effect of mechanical disruption on the effectiveness of three reactors used for dilute acid pretreatment of corn stover Part 1: chemical and physical substrate analysis

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Effect of mechanical disruption on the effectiveness of three reactors used for dilute acid pretreatment of corn stover Part 2: morphological and structural substrate analysis

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Effect of single active-site cleft mutation on product specificity in a thermostable bacterial cellulase

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Effects of alkaline or liquid-ammonia treatment on crystalline cellulose: changes in crystalline structure and effects on enzymatic digestibility

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Electrochemical oxidation of water by a cellobiose dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

scientific article published in April 2005

Elucidating the role of ferrous ion cocatalyst in enhancing dilute acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

Endoglucanase peripheral loops facilitate complexation of glucan chains on cellulose via adaptive coupling to the emergent substrate structures

scientific article published on 9 September 2013

Energetics of xylose decomposition as determined using quantum mechanics modeling

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Energy Storage in Cellulase Linker Peptides?

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Engineered carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) protein-suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes in water.

scientific article published on 21 November 2008

Engineering the N-terminal end of CelA results in improved performance and growth of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii on crystalline cellulose

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Engineering towards a complete heterologous cellulase secretome in Yarrowia lipolytica reveals its potential for consolidated bioprocessing

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Enzymes in Commercial Cellulase Preparations Bind Differently to Dioxane Extracted Lignins.

scientific article published in January 2017

Evaluation of parameters affecting switchgrass tissue culture: toward a consolidated procedure for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Experimental and modeling studies of an unusual water-filled pore structure with possible mechanistic implications in family 48 cellulases.

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Exploration of cellulose surface-binding properties of acidothermus cellulolyticus Cel5A by site-specific mutagenesis

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Expression and characterization of Acidothermus cellulolyticus E1 endoglucanase in transgenic duckweed Lemna minor 8627.

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

Expression of a Cellobiose Phosphorylase from Thermotoga maritima in Caldicellulosiruptor bescii Improves the Phosphorolytic Pathway and Results in a Dramatic Increase in Cellulolytic Activity

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Expression of an endoglucanase-cellobiohydrolase fusion protein in and

Fatty alcohol production in Lipomyces starkeyi and Yarrowia lipolytica

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Fractionating recalcitrant lignocellulose at modest reaction conditions

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Free Energy Landscape for Glucose Condensation Reactions ⬇️

scientific article published on November 18, 2010

Fungal genome sequencing and bioenergy

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Fungal glycoside hydrolases for saccharification of lignocellulose: outlook for new discoveries fueled by genomics and functional studies

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Genomic, proteomic, and biochemical analyses of oleaginous Mucor circinelloides: evaluating its capability in utilizing cellulolytic substrates for lipid production

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Glucose reversion reaction kinetics

scientific article published in May 2010

Glycoside hydrolase processivity is directly related to oligosaccharide binding free energy

scientific article published on 05 December 2013

Glycosylated linkers in multimodular lignocellulose-degrading enzymes dynamically bind to cellulose

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Glycosylation of Cellulases: Engineering Better Enzymes for Biofuels

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Harnessing glycosylation to improve cellulase activity

scientific article published on 18 December 2011

Heterologous expression of Aspergillus niger beta-D-xylosidase (XlnD): characterization on lignocellulosic substrates

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Heterologous expression of a β-D-glucosidase in Caldicellulosiruptor bescii has a surprisingly modest effect on the activity of the exoproteome and growth on crystalline cellulose

scientific article published on 23 September 2017

Heterologous expression of family 10 xylanases from Acidothermus cellulolyticus enhances the exoproteome of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii and growth on xylan substrates

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Heterologous expression of glycosyl hydrolases in planta: a new departure for biofuels

scientific article published on 23 June 2008

Heterologous expression of two ferulic acid esterases from Penicillium funiculosum

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Heterologous expression of xylanase enzymes in lipogenic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

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Heterologous protein expression in Hypocrea jecorina: a historical perspective and new developments

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High activity CAZyme cassette for improving biomass degradation in thermophiles

scientific article published in February 2018

High temperature pre-digestion of corn stover biomass for improved product yields

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High-throughput Screening of Recalcitrance Variations in Lignocellulosic Biomass: Total Lignin, Lignin Monomers, and Enzymatic Sugar Release.

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Homologous expression of the Caldicellulosiruptor bescii CelA reveals that the extracellular protein is glycosylated

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How does plant cell wall nanoscale architecture correlate with enzymatic digestibility?

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Identification and Characterization of Five Cold Stress-Related Rhododendron Dehydrin Genes: Spotlight on a FSK-Type Dehydrin With Multiple F-Segments

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Identification of amino acids responsible for processivity in a Family 1 carbohydrate-binding module from a fungal cellulase

scientific article published in January 2010

Impact of alg3 gene deletion on growth, development, pigment production, protein secretion, and functions of recombinant Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolases in Aspergillus niger

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

Implications of cellobiohydrolase glycosylation for use in biomass conversion

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Improved ethanol yield and reduced Minimum Ethanol Selling Price (MESP) by modifying low severity dilute acid pretreatment with deacetylation and mechanical refining: 1) Experimental

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Improved ethanol yield and reduced minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) by modifying low severity dilute acid pretreatment with deacetylation and mechanical refining: 2) Techno-economic analysis

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In planta expression of A. cellulolyticus Cel5A endocellulase reduces cell wall recalcitrance in tobacco and maize

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In situ imaging of single carbohydrate-binding modules on cellulose microfibrils

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

In situ label-free imaging of hemicellulose in plant cell walls using stimulated Raman scattering microscopy

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In situ micro-spectroscopic investigation of lignin in poplar cell walls pretreated by maleic acid.

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In vivo synergistic activity of a CAZyme cassette from Acidothermus cellulolyticus significantly improves the cellulolytic activity of the C. bescii exoproteome

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Interactions of the complete cellobiohydrolase I from Trichodera reesei with microcrystalline cellulose Iβ

Metabolic engineering of Zymomonas mobilis for 2,3-butanediol production from lignocellulosic biomass sugars

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Microscopic analysis of corn fiber using starch- and cellulose-specific molecular probes

scientific article published in September 2007

Modeling the self-assembly of the cellulosome enzyme complex

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Molecular simulation evidence for processive motion of Trichoderma reesei Cel7A during cellulose depolymerization

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Multifunctional Cellulolytic Enzymes Outperform Processive Fungal Cellulases for Coproduction of Nanocellulose and Biofuels

scientific article published on 7 March 2017

Multiple functions of aromatic-carbohydrate interactions in a processive cellulase examined with molecular simulation

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Multiscale deconstruction of molecular architecture in corn stover

scientific article published on 20 January 2014

NIR and Py-mbms coupled with multivariate data analysis as a high-throughput biomass characterization technique: a review

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Natural diversity of glycoside hydrolase family 48 exoglucanases: insights from structure

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

New perspective on glycoside hydrolase binding to lignin from pretreated corn stover

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Oleaginicity of the yeast strain D5A

Outlook for cellulase improvement: screening and selection strategies

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Paradigmatic status of an endo- and exoglucanase and its effect on crystalline cellulose degradation

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Perspectives and new directions for the production of bioethanol using consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulose

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Plant cell wall characterization using scanning probe microscopy techniques

scientific article published on 24 August 2009

Predicting enzyme adsorption to lignin films by calculating enzyme surface hydrophobicity

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Prediction and characterization of promoters and ribosomal binding sites of in system biology era

Probing carbohydrate product expulsion from a processive cellulase with multiple absolute binding free energy methods

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Product binding varies dramatically between processive and nonprocessive cellulase enzymes

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Protein allostery at the solid-liquid interface: endoglucanase attachment to cellulose affects glucan clenching in the binding cleft

scientific article published on 15 September 2011

Redistribution of xylan in maize cell walls during dilute acid pretreatment

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Revealing nature's cellulase diversity: the digestion mechanism of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii CelA

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Reviewer acknowledgement 2015

Sequence, Structure, and Evolution of Cellulases in Glycoside Hydrolase Family 48

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Sequencing of multiple clostridial genomes related to biomass conversion and biofuel production

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Simulation studies of the insolubility of cellulose

scientific article published on 6 July 2010

Simulations of cellulose translocation in the bacterial cellulose synthase suggest a regulatory mechanism for the dimeric structure of cellulose

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Single-molecule tracking of carbohydrate-binding modules on cellulose using fluorescence microscopy

scientific article published in January 2012

Specificity of O-glycosylation in enhancing the stability and cellulose binding affinity of Family 1 carbohydrate-binding modules

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Structural characterization of a unique marine animal family 7 cellobiohydrolase suggests a mechanism of cellulase salt tolerance.

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Structural, mutagenic and in silico studies of xyloglucan fucosylation in Arabidopsis thaliana suggest a water-mediated mechanism

scientific article published on 3 July 2017

Structure and function of the Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase A X1-module repeat: enhancement through stabilization of the CbhA complex

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Structure of CBM4 fromClostridium thermocellumcellulase K

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Structure of a Thermobifida fusca lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase and mutagenesis of key residues

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Structure of a fibronectin type III-like module fromClostridium thermocellum

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Structure ofAcidothermus cellulolyticusfamily 74 glycoside hydrolase at 1.82 Å resolution

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Synergistic enhancement of cellobiohydrolase performance on pretreated corn stover by addition of xylanase and esterase activities

scientific article published on 19 November 2007

The O-glycosylated linker from the Trichoderma reesei Family 7 cellulase is a flexible, disordered protein

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The bacterial scaffoldin: structure, function and potential applications in the nanosciences.

scientific article published in January 2003

The catalytic mechanism and unique low pH optimum of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii family 3 pectate lyase

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The effects of water on beta-D-xylose condensation reactions.

scientific article published in July 2009

The energy landscape for the interaction of the family 1 carbohydrate-binding module and the cellulose surface is altered by hydrolyzed glycosidic bonds.

scientific article published in August 2009

The metagenome of an anaerobic microbial community decomposing poplar wood chips

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The potential of cellulases and cellulosomes for cellulosic waste management

scientific article published on 25 April 2007

The role of hydrogen-bonding interactions in acidic sugar reaction pathways ⬇️

scientific article published on September 3, 2010

The structure and mode of action of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii family 3 pectate lyase in biomass deconstruction

scientific article published on 9 March 2013

The structure of the catalytic domain of a plant cellulose synthase and its assembly into dimers

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

The unique binding mode of cellulosomal CBM4 from Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase A

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Towards a molecular-level theory of carbohydrate processivity in glycoside hydrolases

scientific article published on 04 January 2014

Tracking dynamics of plant biomass composting by changes in substrate structure, microbial community, and enzyme activity

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Undefined cellulase formulations hinder scientific reproducibility

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Visualizing chemical functionality in plant cell walls

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment

scholarly article by Bryon S Donohoe et al published 1 December 2008 in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Weakly hydrated surfaces and the binding interactions of small biological solutes

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Welcome to biotechnology for biofuels

scientific article published on 15 April 2008

Wood-Derived Materials for Green Electronics, Biological Devices, and Energy Applications

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Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals

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