Characterization of xylan utilization system on xylanolytic bacteium Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus B-6. Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus strain:B-6

Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus B-6, a facultatively anaerobic bacterium, shows effective degradation activities for plant cell wall polysaccharides such as xylan and cellulose, which is responsible for its produced an extracellular multienzyme complex containing several xylanases and cellulases. However, a knowledge involved structure and mechanisms of the xylan degradation and utilization is still unclear. To elucidate xylan utilization systems by strain B-6, the genome analysis was carried out.