Metagenomic Profiling Reveals Lignocellulose Degrading System in a Microbial Community Associated with a Wood-Feeding Beetle

The Asian longhorned beetle ( Anoplophoraglabripennis ) is an invasive, wood-boring pest that thrives in the heartwood of deciduous tree species. A large impediment faced by A . glabripennis as it feeds on woody tissue is lignin, a highly recalcitrant biopolymer that reduces access to sugars a...

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Main Authors: Scully, Erin D., Geib, Scott M., Hoover, Kelli, Tien, Ming, Tringe, Susannah G., Barry, Kerrie W., Glavina del Rio, Tijana, Chovatia, Mansi, Herr, Joshua R., Carlson, John E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762729/