A small-scale method for screening of lignin-degrading microorganisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1548-1549

  Temp, Ulrike ^a   Eggert, Claudia ^a   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); X RAY FILMS;

AUTORADIOGRAMS; CERIPORIOPSIS SUBVERMISPORA; FUNGAL STRAINS; PYCNOPORUS CINNABARINUS; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

FUNGI;

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; X RAY FILM;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CERIPORIOPSIS SUBVERMISPORA; FUNGI; PYCNOPORUS CINNABARINUS;

EID: 0032055495     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1548-1549.1998     Document Type: Article

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