Wood Degradation and Ligninolytic Fungi

Summarizes current knowledge on wood degradation by fungi

Mélanie Morel-Rouhier (Volume editor), Rodnay Sormani (Volume editor)

9780128216866

Hardback, published 5 August 2021

250 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 1 kg

Approx.238 pages

1. Diversity and distribution of ligninolytic fungi Inger Skrede 2. Evolution of lignin decomposition systems in fungi Dimitrios Floudas 3. Lignin degradation by ascomycetes Roselyne Ferrari, Valérie Gautier and Philippe Silar 4. Wood as a hostile habitat for ligninolytic fungi Mélanie Morel-Rouhier 5. How to rot: A role for TOR. Interplay between carbon catabolite repression and TOR signaling pathway Delphine Noël, Duy Vuong Nguyen and Rodnay Sormani 6. Wood degradation in grapevine diseases Marion Schilling, Sibylle Farine, Jean-Pierre-Péros, Christophe Bertsch and Eric Gelhaye 7. Wood degradation by Panaque nigrolineatus, a neotropical catfish: Diversity and activity of gastrointestinal tract lignocellulolytic and nitrogen fixing communities Joy E.M. Watts, Ryan C. McDonald and Harold J. Schreier

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]