Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7640895 | Microchemical Journal | 2018 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Fungal action caused the depletion of polysaccharides resulting in mass loss and the FTIR spectra of the wood samples highlighted that cellulose was more degraded with respect to hemicelluloses. This trend correlated with an increase in the relative abundance of furans, which are among the main pyrolysis products of polysaccharides. Fungal attack also induced oxidation of lignin and an increase in the crystallinity index of cellulose, which points towards a preferential metabolisation of amorphous cellulose. The overall results highlighted that the burial in these wet environments caused changes mostly in the hemicelluloses, whereas the fungal attack was mainly directed to cellulose degradation.
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Authors
Jeannette Jacqueline Åucejko, Marco Mattonai, Magdalena Zborowska, Diego Tamburini, Grzegorz Cofta, Emma Cantisani, Jozef Kúdela, Caroline Cartwright, Maria Perla Colombini, Erika Ribechini, Francesca Modugno,