A review on lignin structure, pretreatments, fermentation reactions and biorefinery potential

VK Ponnusamy, DD Nguyen, J Dharmaraja… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, lignin valorization is commercially an important and advanced sustainable
process for lignocellulosic biomass-based industries, primarily through the depolymerization …

Medicinal mushrooms: Valuable biological resources of high exploitation potential

ML Gargano, LJLD van Griensven… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Higher Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes mushrooms possess various
immunological and anticancer properties. They also offer important health benefits and …

Network analysis and subsequent culturing reveal keystone taxa involved in microbial litter decomposition dynamics

H Zheng, T Yang, Y Bao, P He, K Yang, X Mei… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant litter decomposition in the soil is governed by microorganisms such as bacteria and
fungi that colonize lignocellulose residues during the decomposition process, and thus, the …

Cellulose and hemicellulose decomposition by forest soil bacteria proceeds by the action of structurally variable enzymatic systems

R López-Mondéjar, D Zühlke, D Becher, K Riedel… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Evidence shows that bacteria contribute actively to the decomposition of cellulose and
hemicellulose in forest soil; however, their role in this process is still unclear. Here we …

Fungal community on decomposing leaf litter undergoes rapid successional changes

J Voříšková, P Baldrian - The ISME journal, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Fungi are considered the primary decomposers of dead plant biomass in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, current knowledge regarding the successive changes in fungal …

Degradation of cellulose by basidiomycetous fungi

P Baldrian, V Valášková - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Cellulose is the main polymeric component of the plant cell wall, the most abundant
polysaccharide on Earth, and an important renewable resource. Basidiomycetous fungi …

Advances in pretreatment of straw biomass for sugar production

J Tan, Y Li, X Tan, H Wu, H Li, S Yang - Frontiers in chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Straw biomass is an inexpensive, sustainable, and abundant renewable feedstock for the
production of valuable chemicals and biofuels, which can surmount the main drawbacks …

The D ual A rrhenius and M ichaelis–M enten kinetics model for decomposition of soil organic matter at hourly to seasonal time scales

EA Davidson, S Samanta, SS Caramori… - Global change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Decomposition of soil carbon stocks is one of the largest potential biotic feedbacks to climate
change. Models of decomposition of soil organic matter and of soil respiration rely on …

Dead fungal mycelium in forest soil represents a decomposition hotspot and a habitat for a specific microbial community

V Brabcová, M Nováková, A Davidová… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Turnover of fungal biomass in forest litter and soil represents an important process in the
environment. To date, knowledge of mycelial decomposition has been derived primarily from …

Responses of the extracellular enzyme activities in hardwood forest to soil temperature and seasonality and the potential effects of climate change

P Baldrian, J Šnajdr, V Merhautová… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The activities of extracellular enzymes that participate in the decomposition of litter and
organic matter in forest soils depend on, among other factors, temperature and soil moisture …