title: Decomposition of 14C-labelled lignin and phenols by a Nocardia sp.
abstract: A Gram-positive bacterium which was isolated from a Finnish soil and identified as a Nocardia sp., was able to decompose lignin and to assimilate lignin degradation products as a carbon source. It could release 14CO2 from 14C-labelled methoxyl groups, side chains or ring carbons of coniferyl alcohol dehydropolymers (DHP) and from specifically 14C-labelled lignin of plant material. Furthermore, it could release 14CO2 from phenolcarboxylic and cinnamic acids and alcohols labelled in the OCH3, COOH groups, side chain or aromatic ring carbons.
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009615:Nocardia / Q000378:metabolism*; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D008031:Lignin