Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosis biomass using extract from the termite Coptotermes curvignathus holmgren

Termites are by far the most successful wood-degraders on Earth, tunnelling and chewing on woody biomass for millions of years. To disintegrate the tough linear chains of cellulose, termites are loaded with different species of microorganisms in their relatively tiny guts. These gut microbes would c...

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