The application of 13C-labeled tetramethylammonium hydroxide (13C-TMAH) thermochemolysis to the study of fungal degradation of wood

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 181-198

  Filley, T R ^a   Hatcher, P G ^b   Shortle, W C ^c   Praseuth, R T ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C Labeled tetramethylammonium hydroxide; Basidiomycetes; Brown rot fungal degradation; Demethylation; Lignin; Phenols; White rot fungal degradation

Indexed keywords

BROWN ROT; CARBON 13; CARBON CYCLE; DEGRADATION; DEMETHYLATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGNIN; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PLANT RESIDUE; SOLUBILITY; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUMHYDROXIDE; WHITE ROT; WOOD;

DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; WOOD;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEGRADATION; FUNGUS ATTACK; LIGNIN; MONOMERS; OXIDATION; SOLUBILITY;

TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS;

WOOD;

EID: 0033896082     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00159-X     Document Type: Article

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