Lignin molecular property discovery could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals
Submitted 10 months ago by Daryl76679@lemmy.ml to [deleted]
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-lignin-molecular-property-discovery-trees.html
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 10 months 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.