Multidimensional NMR analysis reveals truncated lignin structures in wood decayed by the brown rot basidiomycete Postia placenta

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1091-1100

  Yelle, Daniel J ^a   Wei, Dongsheng ^a,b   Ralph, John ^c   Hammel, Kenneth E ^a,d  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; LIGNIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POPULUS; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; POSTIA PLACENTA;

EID: 79953267322     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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