White-rot fungi produce extracellular lignin-modifying enzymes, the best characterized of
which are laccase (EC 1.10. 3.2), lignin peroxidases (EC 1.11. 1.7) and manganese …

Filamentous fungi owe powerful abilities for decomposition of the extensive plant material,
lignocellulose, and thereby are indispensable for the Earth's carbon cycle, generation of soil …

The oil crisis during the 1970s turned interest towards the utilization of renewable resources
and towards lignocellulosics in particular. The 1970s were also the cradle period of …

Over the past four decades, there has been immense progress in every area of lignin
science, ranging from the enzymology of lignin biodegradation, to the delignification of wood …

The white rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus was characterized with respect to its set of
extracellular phenoloxidases. Laccase was produced as the predominant extracellular …

Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are emerging as attractive and green solvents for
lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. The unique solvating properties of RTILs foster the …

Lignin is an important commercially produced polymeric material. It is used extensively in
both industrial and agricultural activities. Recently, it has drawn much attention from the …

The sources of ligninocellulose that occur in various forms in nature are so vast that they can
only be compared to those of water. The results of several, more recent experiments showed …

Many fungi degrade cellulose and hemicelluloses using extracellular hydrolytic enzymes,
but fungi that degrade woody biomass are the only ones to efficiently degrade …

A review is presented related to the biochemistry of lignocellulose transformation. The
biodegradation of wood constituents is currently understood as a multienzymatic process …