Aromatic compound degradation by the wood-feeding termite Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki)

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 744-756

  Ke, Jing ^a   Singh, Deepak ^a   Chen, Shulin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Dyes; Gut segments; Lignin model monomers and dimers; Lignin sulfonate; Ligninolytic enzymes; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py GC MS); Wood feeding termites (WFT)

Indexed keywords

GUT SEGMENTS; LIGNIN MODEL MONOMERS AND DIMERS; LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYMES; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY (PY-GC/MS); WOOD-FEEDING TERMITES (WFT);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; DIMERS; ENZYMES; FEEDING; LIGNIN; MONOMERS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PYROLYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

WOOD;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DIGESTION; DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; WOOD;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; DIMERS; DYES; ENZYMES; FEEDING; LIGNINS; MONOMERS; PYROLYSIS; TERMITES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA;

EID: 79961208540     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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