Transcriptome analysis of lignin-derived aromatics from technical lignins treated with Bacillus licheniformis
Three technical lignins (hydrolysis lignin, HL; kraft lignin, KL; lignosulfonate, LS) were considered for the study. Lignins dissolved in M9-minimal media, along with a glucose (G) control, were batch cultivated with the gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus licheniformis for 26 hours. Samples were taken in the mid-exponential phase of bacterial growth for transcriptome analysis. The primary goal of this study is to elucidate the genes involved in the utilisation of lignin-derived aromatics. Illumina paired-end sequencing has been performed to address this.