Biotransformation of vanillin into vanillyl alcohol by a novel strain of Cystobasidium laryngis isolated from decaying wood

Abstract Vanillin is an aromatic aldehyde found as a component of lignocellulosic material, and in the cured pods of orchidaceae plants. Like other phenolic substances, vanillin has antimicrobial activity and can be extracted from lignin either by a thermo-chemical process or through microbial degra...

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Main Authors: Jonas Rönnander, Joel Ljunggren, Erik Hedenström, Sandra Ann Ingela Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-08-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-018-0666-4