Lignin molecular property discovery could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals
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https://phys.org/news/2024-10-lignin-molecular-property-discovery-trees.html
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https://phys.org/news/2024-10-lignin-molecular-property-discovery-trees.html
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
That’s really cool. Making the wood soft enough (low lignin) for microbes to readily digest it instead of needing engineered enzymes means it will be easier to create a continuous process with higher output.