• Uncovering the Cultivable Microbial Diversity of Costa Rican Beetles and Its Ability to Break Down Plant Cell Wall Components 

      Vargas Asensio, Juan Gabriel; Pinto Tomás, Adrián A.; Rivera Vargas, Beatriz; Hernández Alfaro, Myriam; Hernández Herrero, Carlos; Soto Montero, Silvia; Murillo Cruz, Catalina; Sherman, David H.; Tamayo Castillo, Giselle (2014)
      Coleopterans are the most diverse insect order described to date. These organisms have acquired an array of survival mechanisms through their evolution, including highly efficient digestive systems. Therefore, the coleopteran ...
    • Unusual Microbial Xylanases from Insect Guts 

      Brennan, YaLi; Callen, Walter N.; Christoffersen, Leif; Dupree, Paul; Goubet, Florence; Healey, Shaun; Hernández Alfaro, Myriam; Keller, Martin; Li, Ke; Palackal, Nisha; Sittenfeld Appel, Ana; Tamayo Castillo, Giselle; Wells, Steve; Hazlewood, Geoffrey P.; Mathur, Eric J.; Short, Jay M.; Robertson, Dan E.; Steer, Brian A. (2004-06-07)
      Recombinant DNA technologies enable the direct isolation and expression of novel genes from biotopes containing complex consortia of uncultured microorganisms. In this study, genomic libraries were constructed from microbial ...