For the discovery of bacterial enzymes for the degradation of lignin, and their application to the conversion of lignin to renewable chemicals. Being part of a research group gives you a great ...

This structure ensures the slow and controlled release of lignin in response to environmental pH changes, specifically targeting wound environments with fluctuating pH levels due to bacterial ...

Lignin, a polymer that makes trees rigid and resistant ... Kelly’s group found that some, but not all, of these CRISPR-edited trees worked well for microbial degradation and fermentation. As his ...

Now, a Northwestern University-led research team has, for the first time, tracked the pathways of a mixture of plant waste as it moves through ... as much CO 2 from lignin carbons (non-sugar ...

Scientists have engineered the microbiome of plants for the first time, boosting the prevalence of 'good' bacteria that ...