Biomass constitutes an appealing alternative to fossil resources for the production of
materials and energy. The abundance and attractiveness of vegetal biomass come along …

The CAZy auxiliary activity family 3 (AA3) comprises enzymes from the glucose-methanol-
choline (GMC) family of oxidoreductases, which assist the activity of other AA family …

We have conducted a genome-level comparative study of basidiomycetes wood-rotting fungi
(white, brown and soft rot) to understand the total plant biomass (lignin, cellulose …

White-rot basidiomycetous (WRB) fungi are a group of wood-decaying fungi that are known
to be endowed with the ability to secrete enzymes that can catalyze decomposition of a …

We studied a new strategy for pretreatment of rice straw (RS) to enhance enzymatic
hydrolysis under mild condition. This approach uses the synergy of sodium carbonate (Na 2 …

Lignin depolymerization is a challenging process in biorefinery due to the recalcitrant and
complex structure of lignin. This challenge was herein addressed via elaborating a new …

Wood-degrading fungi use a sequence of oxidative and hydrolytic mechanisms to loosen
lignocellulose and then release and metabolize embedded sugars. These temporal …

The initial studies on microbial degradation of lignin were intimately associated with the
availability of the first relevant information on the chemical structure of this complex polymer …

A wide variety of sesquiterpenoids have been isolated from basidiomycetes, and their
bioactive properties have attracted significant attention in an effort to understand …

Background Irpex lacteus is one of the most potent white rot fungi for biological pretreatment
of lignocellulose for second biofuel production. To elucidate the underlying molecular …