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Micromorphological of Bacterial Attack

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Biological Transformation of Wood by Microorganisms

Abstract

The presence of bacteria in decayed wood has been recognized for a long time, but it has been only during the past few years that special investigations on their ability to degrade the woody cell wall have been carried out. A large number of bacteria have been observed, but so far few results are available on their physiology and their enzymatic activity. Compared with wood-destroying fungi, the bacteria found in lignified tissues generally have a lower lytic activity; cell wall deterioration is consequently a prolonged process. This has the advantage that the time of observation for the different stages of decay is extended, but the disadvantage that often mixed infections occur, sometimes including fungal attack, so that an accurate interpretation becomes rather difficult.

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Liese, W., Greaves, H. (1975). Micromorphological of Bacterial Attack. In: Liese, W. (eds) Biological Transformation of Wood by Microorganisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85778-2_7

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