The gram-positive spore-forming bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains produced novel cellulases which could liberate glucose from soluble cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and insoluble crystalline cellulose. The maximal cellulase activities were obtained after 60 hrs incubation at 28oC in a LB broth medium with 1% CMC. Maximum CMCase activities were got at 40oC and pH 4.0, resp...

Several chemophysical methods that facilitates the transport of bioactive macromolecules, including insulin, across skin barrier have been reported. These include use transdermal photopolymerization and electroporation, microneedles ultrasound-mediated penetration. Delivery enabling insulin without auxiliary physical penetration for passive delivery also attracted a great deal attention. We rec...

Recently, it was shown that a cellulose-negative mutant (Cell) ofAcetobacterxylinum ATCC 23769 carried an insertion of an indigenous transposable element (IS1031A) about 500 bp upstream of the bcs operon, required for cellulose synthesis. Here we show that Cell can be complemented by wild-type DNA covering the insertion point. Nucleotide sequencing of this region revealed the presence of two op...