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Pseudomonas putida, isolated from decomposing plant materials, degraded several lignin-related aromatic compounds. After 30 days of incubation in media containing polymeric Kraft-lignin (PKL), the amount of Klason lignin had decreased by about 13%. When 14C-labelled dehydropolymers of coniferyl alcohol (DHP) lignins and 14C-lignin-lignocelluloses were used as substrates, mineralization to 14CO2 by the P. putida strain ranged from 1.4% to 2.1%.
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Perestelo, F., Rodríguez, A., Pérez, R. et al. Short communication: Isolation of a bacterium capable of limited degradation of industrial and labelled, natural and synthetic lignins. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 12, 111–112 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327817
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