Phenylacetic and phenylpropionic acids do not affect xylan degradation by ruminococcus albus /

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• Production of succinate from glucose, cellobiose, and various cellulosic materials by the ruminai anaerobic bacteria Fibrobacter succinogenes and Ruminococcus flavefaciens /
• Biosynthesis and ultrasonic degradation of bacterial poly(gamma-glutamic acid) /
• Hydrolysis by commercial enzyme mixtures of AFEX-treated corn fiber and isolated xylans /
• A new bacterial steroid degradation gene cluster in comamonas testosteroni TA441 which consists of aromatic-compound degradation genes for seco-steroids and 3-ketosteroid dehydrogenase genes /
• Assessment of fecal bacteria with bile acid 7 alpha-dehydroxylating activity for the presence of bai-like genes /