ISSN:
1432-5225
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Summary Tangential latewood sections (60 μm) of Scots pine sapwood were differently treated with chlorite. The subsequently incubated two strains of Bacillus polymyxa caused a weight loss up to about 25%, including a loss of lignin of about 42%. UV-microspectrophotometry of 1 μm-cross-sections prepared from the cultured woody tissues demonstrated that bacteria caused neither quantitative nor qualitative changes of the remaining lignin. The lignin, which was dissociated from the pretreated woody cell wall by bacteria, could not be respired, suggesting that the lignin is a ‘ballast’ to these bacteria that inhibits the dissimilation of the carbohydrates in the wood.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00350571
