Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides is of major importance in the food and feed,
beverage, textile, and paper and pulp industries, as well as in several other industrial …

The genus Aspergillus is widely used for the production of plant cell wall polysaccharide-
degrading enzymes. The range of enzymes purified from these fungi covers nearly every …

Basidiomycete fungi subsist on various types of plant material in diverse environments, from
living and dead trees and forest litter to crops and grasses and to decaying plant matter in …

Plant biomass is the most abundant and usable carbon source for many fungal species. Due
to its diverse and complex structure, fungi need to produce a large range of enzymes to …

Carbohydrates are the most abundant material produced by plants and processes for their
efficient conversion and utilization are of major importance in biotechnology. Processes for …

Enzymatic degradation of plant polysaccharides has many industrial applications, such as
within the paper, food, and feed industry and for sustainable production of fuels and …

Background Plant biomass is the major substrate for the production of biofuels and
biochemicals, as well as food, textiles and other products. It is also the major carbon source …

Microorganisms are efficient degraders of starch, chitin, and the polysaccharides in plant cell
walls. Attempts to purify hydrolases led to the realization that a microorganism may produce …

Synergy in the degradation of two plant cell wall polysaccharides, water insoluble pentosan
from wheat flour (an arabinoxylan) and sugar beet pectin, was studied using several main …

Aspergilli are versatile ascomycetes that are able to transform at a rapid rate a wide
spectrum of lignin-related aromatic compounds. While it is clear that these fungi can …