The chemical logic of enzymatic lignin degradation

Timothy D. H. Bugg

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 804
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05298B

Sustainable production of aromatic chemicals from lignin using enzymes and engineered microbes

Victoria Sodré and Timothy D. H. Bugg

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 14360
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05064A

Application ofRhodococcus jostiiRHA1 glycolate oxidase as an efficient accessory enzyme for lignin conversion by bacterial Dyp peroxidase enzymes

Awatif Alruwaili, Goran M. M. Rashid and Timothy D. H. Bugg

Green Chem., 2023, 25, 3549
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC00475A

Effect of Microbial Consortium Constructed with Lignolytic Ascomycetes Fungi on Degradation of Rice Stubble

Kallinkal Sobha Sruthy, Livleen Shukla, Aditi Kundu, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Gustavo Santoyo and Ajay Kumar

JoF, 2023, 9, 567
DOI: 10.3390/jof9050567

Bacterial valorization of lignin for the sustainable production of value-added bioproducts

Zhicheng He, Guangyang Jiang, Longzhan Gan, Tengxia He and Yongqiang Tian

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 279, 135171
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.135171

A comprehensive review on biological funnel mechanism in lignin valorization: Pathways and enzyme dynamics

Jiayue Gao, Mohamed Yassin Ali, Yoganathan Kamaraj, Zhenghao Zhang, Li Weike, Sivasamy Sethupathy and Daochen Zhu

Microbiological Research, 2024, 287, 127835
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2024.127835

A mycofactocin-associated dehydrogenase is essential for ethylene glycol metabolism by Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

Tetsu Shimizu, Kai Suzuki and Masayuki Inui

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 2024, 108
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12966-7

Recent advances in microbial lignin degradation and upcycling of lignin-derived aromatic compounds

Helena Gómez-Álvarez, Carlos del Cerro-Sánchez, Gonzalo Durante-Rodríguez and Eduardo Díaz

Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2026, 98, 103460
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2026.103460

Novel aspects of ethylene glycol catabolism

Tetsu Shimizu and Masayuki Inui

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 2024, 108
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13179-2

Soluble lignin: a potential prebiotic modulating gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acid production in in vitro fermentation

Jian Zhu, Qinghao Ning, Tianxing Wang, Zengqi Liu, Long Yu, Hongsheng Liu and Wei Zou

Food Chemistry, 2026, 502, 147541
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.147541

Acetylated lignin sulfonate as a biodegradable coating for controlled-release urea fertilizer: A novel acetylation method and diffusion coefficient analysis

Hassan Seddighi, Keivan Shayesteh and Navid Omrani

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 277, 134190
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134190