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Detection and assay of xylanolytic enzymes in a Cellulomonas isolate

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The accuracy of xylanase assay was tested and improved. The assay was used to monitor xylanase production by a Cellulomonas isolate and to demonstrate that this activity is distinct from the organism's β-xylosidase activity.

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  1. School of Biotechnology, University of New South Wales, Box 1, P.O., 2033, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia

    P. A. D. Rickard & T. A. Laughlin

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Rickard, P.A.D., Laughlin, T.A. Detection and assay of xylanolytic enzymes in a Cellulomonas isolate. Biotechnol Lett 2, 363–368 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138670

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