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Review
. 2016 Dec;6(2):150.
doi: 10.1007/s13205-016-0457-z. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

Bacterial xylanases: biology to biotechnology

Hillol Chakdar  1 , Murugan Kumar  2 , Kuppusamy Pandiyan  2 , Arjun Singh  2 , Karthikeyan Nanjappan  2 , Prem Lal Kashyap  2   3 , Alok Kumar Srivastava  2
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Review

Bacterial xylanases: biology to biotechnology

Hillol Chakdar et al. 3 Biotech. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

In this review, a comprehensive discussion exclusively on bacterial xylanases; their gene organization; different factors and conditions affecting enzyme yield and activity; and their commercial application have been deliberated in the light of recent research findings and extensive information mining. Improved understanding of biological properties and genetics of bacterial xylanase will enable exploitation of these enzymes for many more ingenious biotechnological and industrial applications.

Keywords: Alkali stability; Bacteria; Biotechnology; Thermostability; Xylanase.

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Fig. 1
a Organization of xylanase genes on chromosome of B. subtilis str 168. b Organization of xylanase gene on plasmid of C. acetobutylicum ATCC824. c Diversity of xylanolytic bacteria based on composition and copy number of xylanase genes (clustering was performed based on weighted pair average and Manhattan distances using Multi-Experiment Viewer)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Strategies for designing super-xylanases with novel properties
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