Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 48 (Advances in Applied Microbiology)
Contributors: Allen I. Laskin (Editor); Geoffrey M. Gadd (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780120026487
First sentence: Lignin breakdown mechanisms (i.e., ligninolysis) have been studied intensively over the last 2 decades because of interest in emerging alternative biotechnologies, such as wood biopulping, and bioremediation of environmental pollutants (Messner et al., 1997).