Patent ID: 7863032

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having endoglucanase activity, selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide having endoglucanase activity comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5980; and (b) a polypeptide having endoglucanase activity encoded by a nucleotide sequence which shares at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO:1783 and which hybridizes to the complementary sequence of SEQ ID NO:1783 under high stringency conditions wherein high stringency conditions are defined as prehybridization and hybridization at 42Â° C. in 5Ã—SSPE, 0.3% SDS, 200 Î¼g/ml sheared and denatured salmon sperm DNA, and 50% formamide, and washing three times each for 15 minutes using 2Ã—SSC, 0.2% SDS at 65Â° C.