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Lin L, Cheng Y, Pu Y, Sun S et al (2016) Systems biology-guided biodesign of consolidated lignin
conversion. Green Chem 18:5536–5547
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producing chemicals and increasing process efficiency. In: Production of biofuels and chemicals
from lignin. Springer, Singapore, pp 147–179
Lupoi JS, Singh S, Parthasarathi R et al (2015) Recent innovations in analytical methods for the
qualitative and quantitative assessment of lignin. Renew Sustain Energ Rev 49:871–906
Masai E, Katayama Y, Fukuda M (2007) Genetic and biochemical investigations on bacterial
catabolic pathways for lignin-derived aromatic compounds. Bios Biotech Biochem 71:1–15
Menon V, Rao M (2012) Trends in bioconversion of lignocellulose: biofuels, platform chemicals
and biorefinery concept. Prog Energy Combust Sci 38:522–550
Moon RJ, Martini A, Nairn J et al (2011) Cellulose nanomaterials review: structure, properties and
nanocomposites. Chem Soc Rev 40:3941–3994
Munk L, Sitarz AK, Kalyani DC et al (2015) Can laccases catalyze bond cleavage in lignin? Biotech
Adv 33:13–24
Pérez-Pantoja D, González B, Pieper DH (2010) Aerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. In:
Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 799–837
Prabhakaran M, Couger MB, Jackson CA et al (2015) Genome sequences of the lignin degrading
Pseudomonas sp. strain YS-1p and Rhizobium sp. strain YS-1r isolated from decaying wood.
Gen Ann 3:e00019-15
Priyadarshinee R, Kumar A, Mandal T et al (2016) Unleashing the potential of ligninolytic bacterial
contributions towards pulpand paper industry: key challenges and new insights. Environ Sci
Pollut Res Int 23:23349–23368
Ragauskas AJ, Beckham GT, Biddy MJ et al (2014) Lignin valorization: improving lignin
processing in the biorefinery. Science 344:1246843
Ralph J, Lundquist K, Brunow G, Lu F et al (2004) Lignins: natural polymers from oxidative
coupling of 4-hydroxyphenylpropanoids. Phytochem Rev 3:29–60
Ramachandra M, Crawford DL, Hertel G (1988) Characterization of an extracellular lignin peroxidase of the lignocellulolytic actinomycete Streptomyces viridosporus. Appl Environ Microbiol
54:3057–3063
Rashid GM, Taylor CR, Liu Y et al (2015) Identification of manganese superoxide dismutase from
Sphingobacterium sp.T2 as a novel bacterial enzyme for lignin oxidation. ACS Chem Biol
10:2286–2294
Reiter J, Strittmatter H, Wiemann LO et al (2013) Enzymatic cleavage of lignin β-O-4 aryl ether
bonds via net internal hydrogen transfer. Green Chem 15:1373–1381
Riva S (2006) Laccases: blue enzymes for green chemistry. Trends Biotechnol 24:219–226
Santhanam N, Vivanco JM, Decker SR et al (2011) Expression of industrially relevant laccases:
prokaryotic style. Trends Biotechnol 29:480–489
Scheller HV, Ulvskov P (2010) Hemicelluloses. Annu Rev Plant Biol 61:263–289
Sims RE, Mabee W, Saddler JN et al (2010) An overview of second generation biofuel
technologies. Bioresour Technol 101:1570–1580
Singh MK, Kumar M, Thakur IS (2017) Proteomic characterization and schizophyllan production
by Schizophyllum commune ISTL04 cultured on Leucaena leucocephala wood under
submerged fermentation. Bioresour Technol 236:29–36
Singhvi MS, Chaudhari S, Gokhale DV (2014) Lignocellulose processing: a current challenge. RSC
Adv 4:8271–8277
Sonoki T, Masai E, Sato K et al (2009) Methoxyl groups of lignin are essential carbon donors in C1
metabolism of Sphingobium sp.SYK-6. J Bas Micro 49(S1):S98–S102
Sugano Y, Muramatsu R, Ichiyanagi A et al (2007) DyP, a unique dye-decolorizing peroxidase,
represents a novel heme peroxidase FAMILYASP171 replaces the distal histidine of classical
peroxidases. J Biochem 282:36652–36658
102
M. Kumar et al.