Figure 4From: Biological conversion assay using Clostridium phytofermentans to estimate plant feedstock qualityPolysaccharide conversion by Clostridium pytofermentans of wild type and brown midrib mutant sorghum. The remaining biomass pellet was given sequential extractions using (A) oxalate, (B) carbonate, and 1 mol/l and 4 mol/l potassium hydroxide followed by glycome profiling [29]. For each genotype, values represent the difference in extractable xylan between the mean ± SEM of five uninoculated samples and each of the inoculated samples. Xylan-3a (CCRCM-137, -149, -160), -3b (CCRCM-144, -146, -152, -155), and -4 (CCRCM-138, -139, -140, -148, -151, -153) are groups of antibodies generated using either oat or corncob xylan as an immunogen, and are classified by hierarchical clustering analysis of their recognition patterns. Data are mean ± SEM of five replicates; bars annotated with the same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05 (Scheffé's test for multiple comparisons).Back to article page