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Cui T, Yuan B, Guo H, Tian H, Wang W, Ma Y, Li C, Fei Q. Enhanced lignin biodegradation by consortium of white rot fungi: microbial synergistic effects and product mapping. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:162. [PMID: 34301305 PMCID: PMC8299586 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-02011-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND As one of the major components of lignocellulosic biomass, lignin has been considered as the most abundant renewable aromatic feedstock in the world. Comparing with thermal or catalytic strategies for lignin degradation, biological conversion is a promising approach featuring with mild conditions and diversity, and has received great attention nowadays. RESULTS In this study, a consortium of white rot fungi composed of Lenzites betulina and Trametes versicolor was employed to enhance the ligninolytic enzyme activity of laccase (Lac) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) under microbial synergism. The maximum enzymatic activity of Lac and MnP was individually 18.06 U mL-1 and 13.58 U mL-1 along with a lignin degradation rate of 50% (wt/wt), which were achieved from batch cultivation of the consortium. The activities of Lac and MnP obtained from the consortium were both improved more than 40%, as compared with monocultures of L. betulina or T. versicolor under the same culture condition. The enhanced biodegradation performance was in accordance with the results observed from scanning electron microscope (SEM) of lignin samples before and after biodegradation, and secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Finally, the analysis of heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) NMR and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) provided a comprehensive product mapping of the lignin biodegradation, suggesting that the lignin has undergone depolymerization of the macromolecules, side-chain cleavage, and aromatic ring-opening reactions. CONCLUSIONS Our results revealed a considerable escalation on the enzymatic activity obtained in a short period from the cultivation of the L. betulina or T. versicolor due to the enhanced microbial synergistic effects, providing a potential bioconversion route for lignin utilization.
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- Tangwu Cui
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology On Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 215 Chemistry Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology On Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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Asina F, Brzonova I, Voeller K, Kozliak E, Kubátová A, Yao B, Ji Y. Biodegradation of lignin by fungi, bacteria and laccases. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 220:414-424. [PMID: 27598570 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Indulin AT biodegradation by basidiomycetous fungi, actinobacteria and commercial laccases was evaluated using a suite of chemical analysis methods. The extent of microbial degradation was confirmed by novel thermal carbon analysis (TCA), as the treatments altered the carbon desorption and pyrolysis temperature profiles in supernatants. Laccase treatments caused only minor changes, though with increases occurring in the 850°C and char precursor fractions. After fungal treatments, lignin showed a similar change in the TCA profile, along with a gradual decrease of the total carbon, signifying lignin mineralization (combined with polymerization). By contrast, bacteria produced phenolic monomers without their further catabolism. After 54days of cultivation, a 20wt% weight loss was observed only for fungi, Coriolus versicolor, corroborating the near-80% carbon mass balance closure obtained by TCA. Compositional changes in lignin as a result of biodegradation were confirmed by thermal desorption (TD)-pyrolysis-GC-MS validating the carbon fractionation obtained by TCA.
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- Fnu Asina
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biological Sciences, South Dakota School of Mine and Technology, Rapid City, SD, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA.
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Bugg TDH, Ahmad M, Hardiman EM, Rahmanpour R. Pathways for degradation of lignin in bacteria and fungi. Nat Prod Rep 2011; 28:1883-96. [PMID: 21918777 DOI: 10.1039/c1np00042j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 455] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lignin is a heterogeneous aromatic polymer found as 10-35% of lignocellulose, found in plant cell walls. The bio-conversion of plant lignocellulose to glucose is an important part of second generation biofuel production, but the resistance of lignin to breakdown is a major obstacle in this process, hence there is considerable interest in the microbial breakdown of lignin. White-rot fungi are known to break down lignin with the aid of extracellular peroxidase and laccase enzymes. There are also reports of bacteria that can degrade lignin, and recent work indicates that bacterial lignin breakdown may be more significant than previously thought. The review will discuss the enzymes for lignin breakdown in fungi and bacteria, and the catabolic pathways for breakdown of the β-aryl ether, biphenyl and other components of lignin in bacteria and fungi. The review will also discuss small molecule phenolic breakdown products from lignin that have been identified from lignin-degrading microbes, and includes a bioinformatic analysis of the occurrence of known lignin-degradation pathways in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
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Sampedro I, Cajthaml T, Marinari S, Stazi SR, Grego S, Petruccioli M, Federici F, D'Annibale A. Immobilized inocula of white-rot fungi accelerate both detoxification and organic matter transformation in two-phase dry olive-mill residue. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:5452-5460. [PMID: 19469503 DOI: 10.1021/jf900243k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The potential use for agronomic purposes of dry olive-mill residue (DOR), solid waste from the olive oil two-phase extraction process, might be impaired by its phytotoxicity. Although fungal treatments can detoxify DOR, long times are required for these processes. The objective of this study was to assess whether the addition of immobilized fungal inocula to DOR might improve colonization rates, thus reducing the time necessary for its detoxification and bioconversion. Inocula of Panus tigrinus CBS 577.79 and Phlebia sp. DABAC 9 immobilized on either chopped maize stalks or polyurethane sponge (PS) led to higher removals of both phenols and phytotoxicity from DOR than free inocula after 4 weeks of incubation. Best dephenolization (85%) was with PS-immobilized Phlebia sp., the use of which reduced germinability inhibition of Lepidium sativum and Lactuca sativa by 80 and 71.4%, respectively. Regardless of the type of inoculant, a low degree of humification was obtained.
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- Inmaculada Sampedro
- Department of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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Sampedro I, Cajthaml T, Marinari S, Petruccioli M, Grego S, D’Annibale A. Organic matter transformation and detoxification in dry olive mill residue by the saprophytic fungus Paecilomyces farinosus. Process Biochem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ravalason H, Jan G, Mollé D, Pasco M, Coutinho PM, Lapierre C, Pollet B, Bertaud F, Petit-Conil M, Grisel S, Sigoillot JC, Asther M, Herpoël-Gimbert I. Secretome analysis of Phanerochaete chrysosporium strain CIRM-BRFM41 grown on softwood. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 80:719-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1596-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2008] [Accepted: 06/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Beshay U, Miksch G, Friehs K, Flaschel E. Improved β-Glucanase Production by a RecombinantEscherichia coli Strain using Zinc-Ion Supplemented Medium. Eng Life Sci 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Sulistyaningdyah WT, Ogawa J, Tanaka H, Maeda C, Shimizu S. Characterization of alkaliphilic laccase activity in the culture supernatant ofMyrothecium verrucaria24G-4 in comparison with bilirubin oxidase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 230:209-14. [PMID: 14757242 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00892-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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An enzyme showing alkaliphilic laccase activity was purified from the culture supernatant of Myrothecium verrucaria 24G-4. The enzyme was highly stable under alkaline conditions, showed an optimum reaction pH of 9.0 for 4-aminoantipyrine/phenol coupling, and decolorized synthetic dyes under alkaline conditions. It showed structural and catalytic similarities with bilirubin oxidase, but preferably oxidized phenolic compounds. The enzyme catalyzed veratryl alcohol oxidation at pH 9.0 with 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) as a mediator, suggesting that the laccase mediator system functioned well under alkaline conditions.
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- Woro Triarsi Sulistyaningdyah
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Arias ME, Arenas M, Rodríguez J, Soliveri J, Ball AS, Hernández M. Kraft pulp biobleaching and mediated oxidation of a nonphenolic substrate by laccase from Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:1953-8. [PMID: 12676669 PMCID: PMC154780 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.4.1953-1958.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2002] [Accepted: 01/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new laccase (EC 1.10.3.2) produced by Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335 in liquid media containing soya flour (20 g per liter) was purified to homogeneity. The physicochemical, catalytic, and spectral characteristics of this enzyme, as well as its suitability for biobleaching of eucalyptus kraft pulps, were assessed. The purified laccase had a molecular mass of 75 kDa and an isoelectric point of 5.6, and its optimal pH and temperature were 4.5 and 70 degrees C, respectively. The activity was strongly enhanced in the presence of Cu(2+), Mn(2+), and Mg(2+) and was completely inhibited by EDTA and sodium azide. The purified laccase exhibited high levels of activity against 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS) and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol and no activity against tyrosine. The UV-visible spectrum of the purified laccase was the typical spectrum of the blue laccases, with an absorption peak at 600 nm and a shoulder around 330 to 340 nm. The ability of the purified laccase to oxidize a nonphenolic compound, such as veratryl alcohol, in the presence of ABTS opens up new possibilities for the use of bacterial laccases in the pulp and paper industry. We demonstrated that application of the laccase from S. cyaneus in the presence of ABTS to biobleaching of eucalyptus kraft pulps resulted in a significant decrease in the kappa number (2.3 U) and an important increase in the brightness (2.2%, as determined by the International Standard Organization test) of pulps, showing the suitability of laccases produced by streptomycetes for industrial purposes.
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- M Enriqueta Arias
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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López MJ, Elorrieta MA, Vargas-García MC, Suárez-Estrella F, Moreno J. The effect of aeration on the biotransformation of lignocellulosic wastes by white-rot fungi. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2002; 81:123-129. [PMID: 11762904 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8524(01)00112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mineralisation and the humification of organic matter (OM) in sterile horticultural plant wastes inoculated with Coriolus versicolor or Phanerochaete flavido-alba was investigated under different aeration rates in order to determine their efficacy as potential inoculants for composting. The change in elemental composition, lignin content and OM fractions was analysed during a 90-day incubation. Both fungi degraded 30% of lignin at low aeration rates. Different aeration rates led to significant changes in OM mineralisation induced by C. versicolor, but did not have noticeable effect on P. flavido-alba activity. The mineralisation was more effectively carried out by P. flavido-alba than by C. versicolor. Lignin degradation and the linked humification process were equally achieved by the two fungi and were enhanced in aerated conditions. The fungi analysed may facilitate the composting of lignocellulosic wastes by means of an increase in substrate bioavailability and OM humification.
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- M J López
- Departamento de Biología Aplicada, CITE II-B, Universidad de Almeria, La Cañada de San Urbano, Spain.
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Hoshida H, Nakao M, Kanazawa H, Kubo K, Hakukawa T, Morimasa K, Akada R, Nishizawa Y. Isolation of Five Laccase Gene Sequences from the White-Rot Fungus Trametes sanguinea by PCR, and Cloning, Characterization and Expression of the Laccase cDNA in Yeasts. J Biosci Bioeng 2001; 92:372-80. [PMID: 16233113 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.92.372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2001] [Accepted: 08/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To obtain laccase-gene-specific sequences from the white-rot fungus Trametes sanguinea M85-2, a PCR screening method was used. Degenerate primers were designed based on highly conserved copper-binding regions I and IV of known laccases and used to amplify laccase sequences from T. sanguinea M85-2 genomic DNA. A single 1.6-kbp DNA band was amplified and cloned into a vector. Partial sequences of 21 clones were classified into five groups (lcc1-5) and the deduced amino acid sequences were all homologous to known laccase sequences. Based on the partial sequence of lcc1, the 5'-end of its cDNA was obtained by a PCR termed 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (5'-RACE), and RT-PCR was then carried out using the 5'-primer and the poly-dT primer to obtain the full-length lcc1 cDNA. The obtained cDNA encoded a protein consisting of 518 amino acid residues and its first 21 amino acid residues were predicted to be the signal peptide for secretion. The conserved characteristic structures of laccase, such as copper-binding ligands, N-glycosylation sites, and cysteine residues for disulfide bridges, were observed. The genomic DNA sequence of the lcc1 gene was also cloned by PCR method and the sequence revealed 10 introns. The lcc1 cDNA was inserted into yeast vectors for heterologous expression by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris. Phenol-oxidizing activity was detected from transformants of the yeasts, indicating that the obtained cDNA encodes a laccase. Previously, two laccase isozymes were biochemically characterized and purified from T. sanguinea M85-2. Using the sequential PCR method presented here, we have obtained partial sequences of at least five laccase genes and one cDNA clone encoding a protein with laccase activity but without any enzymatic information, suggesting that expressed enzymes under restricted conditions may not represent all the isozymes in target microorganisms. PCR cloning and heterologous expression of the cloned genes can be an alternative method of screening enzymes if these enzymes have conserved sequences.
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- H Hoshida
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8611, Japan.
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Isolation of five laccase gene sequences from the white-rot fungus Trametes sanguinea by PCR, and cloning, characterization and expression of the laccase cDNA in yeasts. J Biosci Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80242-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Production of manganese peroxidase and organic acids and mineralization of 14C-labelled lignin (14C-DHP) during solid-state fermentation of wheat straw with the white rot fungus nematoloma frowardii. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:1864-70. [PMID: 10223971 PMCID: PMC91268 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1864-1870.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The basidiomycetous fungus Nematoloma frowardii produced manganese peroxidase (MnP) as the predominant ligninolytic enzyme during solid-state fermentation (SSF) of wheat straw. The purified enzyme had a molecular mass of 50 kDa and an isoelectric point of 3.2. In addition to MnP, low levels of laccase and lignin peroxidase were detected. Synthetic 14C-ring-labelled lignin (14C-DHP) was efficiently degraded during SSF. Approximately 75% of the initial radioactivity was released as 14CO2, while only 6% was associated with the residual straw material, including the well-developed fungal biomass. On the basis of this finding we concluded that at least partial extracellular mineralization of lignin may have occurred. This conclusion was supported by the fact that we detected high levels of organic acids in the fermented straw (the maximum concentrations in the water phases of the straw cultures were 45 mM malate, 3.5 mM fumarate, and 10 mM oxalate), which rendered MnP effective and therefore made partial direct mineralization of lignin possible. Experiments performed in a cell-free system, which simulated the conditions in the straw cultures, revealed that MnP in fact converted part of the 14C-DHP to 14CO2 (which accounted for up to 8% of the initial radioactivity added) and 14C-labelled water-soluble products (which accounted for 43% of the initial radioactivity) in the presence of natural levels of organic acids (30 mM malate, 5 mM fumarate).
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Manganese peroxidase treatment lowered the kappa number of kraft pulp and increased the alkali extractability of the residual lignin but did not directly solubilize it. This indicates that MnP partially oxidizes the lignin in the pulp but does not degrade it to soluble fragments.
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