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Table 4 Comparison of functional metagenomic approaches to screen for (hemi)cellulases

From: A multi-substrate approach for functional metagenomics-based screening for (hemi)cellulases in two wheat straw-degrading microbial consortia unveils novel thermoalkaliphilic enzymes

Microbial source (enrichment bred from)

Vector / Host

Screened clones

Substrates for (hemi)cellulases screening

Hit rate f

Reference

Cow rumen

pCCl-BAC a/ E. coli EPI300

15360

Xylan

1/853

Zhao et al. (2010) [38]

Termite gut

pCC1FOS b /E. coli EPI100

40000

5-Bromo-3-indolyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside

1/740

Bastien et al. (2013) [32]

40000

5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside

1/1.212

40000

Oat AZCl-xylan

1/4.444

Cow rumen

pCCFOS b / E. coli EPI300-T1

17000

pNP-beta-D-glucopyranoside + pNP-beta-D-cellobioside

1/5.666

Del Pozo et al. (2012) [16]

Buffalo rumen

pCCFOS1 b / EPI300-T1

10000

AZCL-HE-cellulose

1:108

Nguyen et al. (2012) [39]

10000

AZCL-xylan

1:2.500

Avicel- enrichment culture (soil)

pUC19 c / E. coli DH5α

57000

Rimazol brilliant blue dyed-CMC

1/7.125

Mori et al. (2014) [29]

Pulp- enrichment culture (soil)

63000

Rimazol brilliant blue dyed-xylan

1/63.000

Ikaite tufa columns

pGNS-BAC a / E.coli DH10B

2843

5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-d-galactopyranoside

1/1.421

Vester et al. (2014) [49]

Grassland soil

pCC1FOS b / E. coli EPI300

4600

Dye-labeled hydroxyethyl xylan

1/4.600

Nacke et al. (2012) [28]

4600

Dye-labeled hydroxyethyl cellulose

1/2.300

Human gut

pCC1FOS b / E. coli EPI300

156000

AZCL-xylan

1/4.588

Tasse et al. (2010) [50]

156000

AZCL-beta-glucan

1/1.772

136000

AZCL-galactan

1/1.271

Filter paper -enrichment culture (Earthworm)

pCCFOS b / E. coli EPI300

115000

pNP-beta-D-glucopyranoside

1/2.090

Beloqui et al. (2010) [30]

Compost from pig manure

pCC2FOS b / E. coli EPI300

12380

Xylan

1/2.476

Jeong et al. (2012) [51]

Forest soil

Lambda ZAP Express c / E. coli XL1 blue

10000

CMC

1/10.000

Wang et al. (2009) [52]

Elephant dung

10000

CMC

1/5.000

Wang et al. (2009) [52]

Cow rumen

pCCFOS b / E. coli EPI300

12288

pNP-alpha-galactopyranoside

1/12.288

Ferrer et al. (2012) [27]

12288

pNP-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside

1/4.096

12288

CMC

1/6.144

Alkaline-polluted soil

pGEM-3Zf c / E. coli DH5a

30000

Esculine

1/15.000

Jiang et al. (2011) [53]

Soil

pHBM803 c / E. coli XL10-Gold

24000

Remazol brilliant blue dyed-xylan

1/24.000

Hu et al. (2008) [54]

13C-cellulose-enriched DNA (soil) e

pJC8 d / E. coli HB101

2876

CMC

1/360

Verastegui et al. (2014) [40]

Wheat straw- enrichment culture (soil)

pCC2FOS b / E. coli EPI300

22000

Mixture of 6 indolyl-monosaccharides

1/440

This study

Torrefied wheat straw- enrichment culture (soil)

22000

Mixture of 6 indolyl-monosaccharides

1/1,047

  1. aBacterial artificial chromosome
  2. bFosmid
  3. cPlasmid
  4. dCosmid
  5. eHigh-molecular weight DNA from the 13C-cellulose-enriched SIP incubations for the three soils
  6. fHit rate was determined based on the number positives clones in the initial screening / total of screened clones
  7. AZCL (azurine cross-linked)
  8. CMC (carboxymethylcellulose)
  9. pNP (para-nitrophenyl)