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Article: Effects of wood species and enzyme production on lignocellulose degradation during the biodegradation of three native woods by Trametes versicolor.
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- Forest Products Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Abstract
This paper investigated effects of wood species and enzyme production on lignocellulose degradation during the biodegradation by white-rot fungus. Three native wood species, Weeping-willow (Salix babylonica), China-fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) and Moso-bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens), were degraded by the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor B 1. China-fir woods exhibited lower weight, lignin, and cellulose losses than Weeping-willow or Moso-bamboo woods. Levels of the cellulase activity had no correlation with the degree of cellulose biodegradation. Enzymatic hydrolysis experiments of woods showed that the celluloses of undegraded woods have similarly ...