Screening of ligninase-producing bacteria from south east Pahang peat swamp forest soil

• Main Authors: Mohamad Roslan, Muhamad Aidilfitri, Zainal Abidin, Zaima Azira, Mohd Omar, Suhaila
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2016
• Subjects: QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/55348/1/5.%20Screening%20of%20ligninase-producing%20bacteria%20from%20south%20east%20Pahang%20peat%20swamp%20forest%20soil.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/55348/7/55348_Screening%20of%20ligninase-producing%20bacteria_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/55348/; http://mjm.usm.my/index.php?r=cms/entry/view&id=51
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Aims: Research on lignin degradation capability is previously restricted exclusively to fungal enzymes. However, recent studies had successfully revealed several soil bacterial strains that were able to produce ligninolytic enzymes. These bacterial ligninolytic enzymes were claimed to be more specif...