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The importance and need of renewable-based, sustainable feedstocks increased in recent years. Lignin-derived monomers have high potential, energetic and economic value in the microbial bioconversion to valuabl...
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Open AccessBiodegradation of lignin monomers and bioconversion of ferulic acid to vanillic acid by Paraburkholderia aromaticivorans AR20-38 isolated from Alpine forest soil
Lignin bio-valorization is an emerging field of applied biotechnology and has not yet been studied at low temperatures. Paraburkholderia aromaticivorans AR20-38 was examined for its potential to degrade six selec...
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Open AccessCulturable bacteria from an Alpine coniferous forest site: biodegradation potential of organic polymers and pollutants
The potential of the culturable bacterial community from an Alpine coniferous forest site for the degradation of organic polymers and pollutants at low (5 °C) and moderate (20 °C) temperatures was evaluated. T...
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Open AccessA time travel story: metagenomic analyses decipher the unknown geographical shift and the storage history of possibly smuggled antique marble statues
In this study, three possibly smuggled marble statues of an unknown origin, two human torsi (a female and a male) and a small head, were subjected to molecular analyses. The aim was to reconstruct the history ...
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Open AccessModelle für Stresstoleranz und Herausforderung für die Medizin
Exophiala dermatitidis is a polyextremophilic fungus able to live in glaciers and in the human environment. This emerging human pathogen causes skin infections, deep mycosis, and it can get neurotropic. Non-codin...
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Open AccessGenomic and transcriptomic analysis of the toluene degrading black yeast Cladophialophora immunda
Cladophialophora immunda is an ascomycotal species belonging to the group of the black yeasts. These fungi have a thick and melanized cell wall and other physiological adaptations that al...
