Disregarding the rising alarm on the hazardous nature of various phthalates and their metabolites,
ruthless usage of phthalates as plasticizer in plastics and as additives in innumerable …

Lignin is the most abundant phenolic polymer; thus, its decomposition by microorganisms is
fundamental to carbon cycling on earth. Lignin breakdown is initiated by depolymerization …

Caffeoylquinic acids (CQAs) are specialized plant metabolites we encounter in our daily life.
Humans consume CQAs in mg‐to‐gram quantities through dietary consumption of plant …

… Author links open overlay panel Naofumi Kamimura 1 , Shingo Sakamoto 2 , Nobutaka
Mitsuda 2 , Eiji Masai 1 , Shinya Kajita 3 … Kamimura, E. Masai … Kamimura, E. Masai …

Lignin conversion to value-added products is one of the most attractive challenges to develop
a complete system for lignocellulosic biomass utilization. The objective of this study was cis…

We isolated Comamonas sp. strain E6, which utilizes terephthalate (TPA) as the sole carbon
and energy source via the protocatechuate (PCA) 4,5-cleavage pathway. Two almost …

It has been suggested that a novel type of aromatic acid transporter, which is similar to the
tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT), is involved in terephthalate (TPA) uptake by …

Anaerobic degradation of lignin-derived aromatics is an important metabolism for carbon
and nutrient cycles in soil environments. Although there are some studies on degradation of …

2-Pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) is a valuable building block molecule produced from
lignin-derived aromatic compounds by biological funneling. This study aimed to design a …

Towards lignin upgrading, vanillic acid (VA), a lignin-derived guaiacyl compound, was
produced from sulfite lignin for successfully synthesizing poly(ethylene vanillate), an aromatic …