Discovery of Microorganisms and Enzymes Involved in High-Solids Decomposition of Rice Straw Using Metagenomic Analyses

Amitha P. Reddy; Christopher W. Simmons; Patrik D’haeseleer; Jane Khudyakov; Helcio Burd; Masood Hadi; Blake A. Simmons; Steven W. Singer; Michael P. Thelen; Jean S. VanderGheynst

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077985

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Discovery of Microorganisms and Enzymes Involved in High-Solids Decomposition of Rice Straw Using Metagenomic Analyses

Amitha P. Reddy ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amitha P. Reddy, Christopher W. Simmons

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Christopher W. Simmons ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amitha P. Reddy, Christopher W. Simmons

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Food Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Patrik D’haeseleer,

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Jane Khudyakov,

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Helcio Burd,

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Masood Hadi,

Current address: Synthetic Biology Program, Space BioSciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Biological and Materials Science Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Blake A. Simmons,

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Biological and Materials Science Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Steven W. Singer,

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Michael P. Thelen,

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America
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Jean S. VanderGheynst

* E-mail: jsvander@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Discovery of Microorganisms and Enzymes Involved in High-Solids Decomposition of Rice Straw Using Metagenomic Analyses

Amitha P. Reddy,
Christopher W. Simmons,
Patrik D’haeseleer,
Jane Khudyakov,
Helcio Burd,
Masood Hadi,
Blake A. Simmons,
Steven W. Singer,
Michael P. Thelen,
Jean S. VanderGheynst

Published: October 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077985

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