Throughout the past century, industrial, military, and farming activities have released many organopollutants into the environment. Some of these (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), ...

Antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are designed to affect the human brain. But after they enter the water system in excrement or unused drugs flushed down the drain, traces of these ...

The cells of plants are surrounded by a wall that is composed mostly of cellulose and lignin. While cellulose is relatively easy to degrade, lignin is very sturdy. White-rot fungi have an ...

Armillaria fungi are among the most devastating fungal pathogens, causing root rot disease in more than 500 plant species found in forests, parks and vineyards. As white rot fungi, they are capable of ...

A foundational study conducted by scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows for the first time that white-rot fungi are able to use carbon captured from lignin as a carbon ...

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports new evidence that the so-called white rot fungus shows promise ...

ALTHOUGH most wood-destroying fungi of the white- and brown-rot type may be differentiated by the Bavendamm test, which depends on the oxidative browning of tannic and gallic acid agar by fungi of the ...

A San Jose high school student who is trying to solve the Earth’s plastic pollution problem says a common fungus may hold the key to breaking down plastic in landfills. Presentation High School junior ...

A foundational study shows for the first time that white-rot fungi are able to use carbon captured from lignin as a carbon source. Until now, scientists were unsure whether white-rot fungi -- the most ...