Wood degradation, and cellulase and ligninase production, by Trametes and other wood-inhabiting basidiomycetes from indigenous forests of Zimbabwe

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1399-1404

  Mswaka, A Y ^a   Magan, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOGLUCANASE; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; INCUBATION; LIGNIN PEROXIDASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOLASE; WOOD DEGRADATION;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CERRENA; CERRENA MEYENII; FOMOTOPSIS; FOMOTOPSIS SPRAGUEII; FUNGI; IRPEX; IRPEX STEREOIDES; PHAEOTRAMETES; PHAEOTRAMETES DECIPIENS; TRAMETES; TRAMETES MENZIESII; TRAMETES MODESTA; TRAMETES POCAS;

EID: 0031761286     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756298006789     Document Type: Article

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