Decomposition of forest litter regulates the cycling of nutrients in forest ecosystems and influences the net carbon storage for terrestrial ecosystems. Laccase enzyme mainly produced by basidiomycetes plays a central role in lignin degradation and thus contributes to the cycling of soil organic matter. Compared to many studies of basidiomycetous laccase gene diversity in pure broad-leaved or coniferous forests, comparative data on diversity of this gene from different forest
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