Lignin degradation ability

Pometto AL III, Crawford DL (1985) Simplified procedure for recovery of lignin acidolysis products for determining the lignin-degrading abilities of microorganisms Appl Environ Microbiol 49 879-881... 

Earlier research involving reaction conditions that led to only cyclohexyl derivatives has been followed by the ability to isolate and characterize relatively high yields of phenolic lignin degradation products under much milder conditions. This gives direct supporting evidence for the essentially aromatic nature of lignin. 

Mnm is a well-recognized one-electron oxidant and H+ abstractor, an ability exploited inter alia for free radical cyclizations [56], The role of Mn111 in lignin degradation is to abstract electrons, producing phenoxy radicals, ultimately re-... 

The white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium has the ability to degrade and mineralize many structurally diverse chlorinated organic compounds (2-7). Studies in our laboratory and by others demonstrate that degradation and mineralization is dependent, at least in part, on the lignin degrading system of this fungus that is expressed in response to nutrient starvation (2-7). 

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