Wood Degradation and Ligninolytic Fungi Advances in Botanical Research Series

Wood Degradation and Ligninolytic Fungi, Volume 99  summarizes current knowledge on wood degradation by fungi. Chapters in this new release include Intracellular detoxification strategies of lignolytic fungi, Cell signaling during wood degradation, Evolution of ligninolytic systems in fungi, Diversity and distribution of lignolytic fungi, Fungal catalysts for lignin valorization: applied aspects, Expression of fungal lignocellulolytic genes in the environment, Wood degradation in grapevine disease, Imaging wood degradation, Lignin degradation by ascomycetes, and more.

The increasing interest for wood decaying fungi over the past few years has sparked great potential for their use in biomass valorization, their important function in global carbon cycle, and for the damages they can cause on wood materials, hence this new release includes updates on these and related topics.

1. Diversity and distribution of ligninolytic fungi Inger Skrede 2. Evolution of lignin decomposition systems in fungi Dimitrios Floudas 3. Lignin degradation by ascomycetes Roselyne Ferrari, Valérie Gautier and Philippe Silar 4. Wood as a hostile habitat for ligninolytic fungi Mélanie Morel-Rouhier 5. How to rot: A role for TOR. Interplay between carbon catabolite repression and TOR signaling pathway Delphine Noël, Duy Vuong Nguyen and Rodnay Sormani 6. Wood degradation in grapevine diseases Marion Schilling, Sibylle Farine, Jean-Pierre-Péros, Christophe Bertsch and Eric Gelhaye 7. Wood degradation by Panaque nigrolineatus, a neotropical catfish: Diversity and activity of gastrointestinal tract lignocellulolytic and nitrogen fixing communities Joy E.M. Watts, Ryan C. McDonald and Harold J. Schreier

• Based on recent research and genomic data
• Presents the multidisciplinary aspects of wood degradation
• Deals with regulation and adaptation of fungi in the complex environment of wood