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Role of Metagenomics in Discovery of Industrially Important Cellulase

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Lignocellulose is considered as one of the most copious biopolymer accessible on this planet. Lignocellulosic hydrolysis which yields sugar and phenolics is a must for fermentation processes and pilot scale production of value added products. Cellulases are the class of enzymes which are mainly produced by fungi and bacteria and help in cellulose hydrolysis by acting on the β-1,4 linkages of cellulosic chains. The microbial cellulases have been found to be used in several industries such as biofuel, food, brewing, textile and laundry. Recently, functional metagenomics have been found to be an important strategy for the discovery of cellulose genes. However, the efficiency of such techniques for enzyme discovery from environmental metagenomes is not sufficient to meet the increasing industrial demands. Scientific and industrial advancements, role of metagenomics and future scenario related to the application of several cellulase pertaining to different industries will be discussed in this chapter.

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PJ is thankful to Amity University, Kolkata for providing the infrastructure facilities. VK would also like to acknowledge Department of Science and Technology (DST), SERB, GoI for the financial support under Startup Research Scheme (File No.: SRG/2019/001279).

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Kumar, V., Jha, P. (2020). Role of Metagenomics in Discovery of Industrially Important Cellulase. In: Shrivastava, S. (eds) Industrial Applications of Glycoside Hydrolases . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4767-6_10

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