title: Effects of Nitrogen Sources on Cellulose and Synthetic Lignin Degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
abstract: Phanerochaete chrysosporium degraded cellulose faster with organic nitrogen sources than with NH(4)Cl. Simple and complex nitrogen sources added at the time of inoculation to N-limited cultures of P. chrysosporium, with glucose as carbon/energy source, transiently stimulated degradation of synthetic [C]lignin to CO(2). The same nitrogen sources added 5 days after inoculation, when the cultures were entering secondary metabolism, delayed CO(2) production. The various N sources affected synthetic lignin degradation in defined medium differently than lignin degradation in aspen wood.
authors.affiliation: National Research Council of Canada, Prairie Regional Laboratory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W9.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Reid