Microbial Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Souza, Wagner Rodrigo de

doi:10.5772/54325

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“…Breakdown of cellulose makes carbon available to microorganisms. Pseudomonas, Streptomyces and Cellulomonas are reported for cellulase activity (Perez et al 2002;Leschine 1995;Souza 2013;Kameshwar and Qin 2016). Fungal degradation of cellulose was reported with members of Basidiomycetes and Chytridiomycetes (Souza 2013).…”

Section: Cellulosementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is a phenolic polymer that provides strength to the plant cell wall via increased internal bonding. With its distinct characteristics, it confers resistance against biological stresses (Perez et al 2002;Leschine 1995;Souza 2013;Petre et al 1999;Hatakka 2005;Werner et al 2014). It consists of three monolignol phenyl propionic alcohols, i.e., coniferyl, sinapyl and p-coumaryl.…”

Section: Ligninmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…are also reported for α-O-methylglucuronidases production. Phytophthora also produces hydrolytic enzymes that target the hemicellulose (Jeffrie 1994;Souza 2013;Cragg et al 2015). Mastotermes darwiniensis gut contains approximately 106-107 xylan degrading bacteria (Cazemier 1969).…”

Section: Hemicellulosementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fungi are also reported to have cellulase activity, including Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trichoderma reesei. Anaerobic biodegradation of cellulose is very complex compared to aerobic degradation (Leschine 1995;Souza 2013;Kameshwar and Qin 2016). Larroque et al (2012) studied CBM1 (carbohydrate-binding module) containing proteins from fungi and Oomycetes (Phytophthora parasitica).…”

Section: Cellulosementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Medical applications (Averous and Pollet 2012;Souza 2013;Basnett et al 2012;Liu et al 2011;Basnett et al 2013) Poly (3-hydroxydecanoate)…”

Section: -60mentioning

confidence: 99%

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