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Lignin degradeation by white rot fungi
Author(s) -
HARVEY P. J.,
SCHOEMAKER H. E.,
PALMER J. M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/1365-3040.ep11604752
Subject(s) - phanerochaete , chrysosporium , white rot , lignin , fungus , isolation (microbiology) , laccase , botany , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , biochemistry
. The wood‐degrading white‐rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium , has been the subject of intensive research in recent years and, based upon isolation of the extracellular enzyme ligninase, major advances have now been made toward elucidating the mechanism by which this fungus degrades lignin. From these developments, a model emerges which could explain the process by which wood‐degrading fungi in general, attack lignin.