title: Requirement for a growth substrate during lignin decomposition by two wood-rotting fungi.
abstract: Decomposition of C-labeled lignin to CO(2) by the lignin-decomposing fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Coriolus versicolor required a growth substrate such as cellulose or glucose. Growth with lignin as sole carbon addition to an otherwise complete medium was negligible.
authors.affiliation: Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Zeikus