FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Chief Editor:  Ramón Diaz Orejas

NIH-funded Authors From April 2008, the NIH is mandating grant-holders to deposit their published papers in PubMed Central within 12 months of publication.  Read more

Highlight: Degradation of cellulose by basidiomycetous in fungi

Cellulose is the main polymeric component of the plant cell wall, the most abundant polysaccharide on Earth and an important renewable resource. Basidiomycetous fungi belong to its most potent degraders since many species grow on dead wood or litter, in the environment rich in cellulose. For the degradation of cellulose, basidiomycetes utilize a set of hydrolytic enzymes. The efficiency and regulation of cellulose degradation differs among wood-rotting, litter-decomposing, ... Read more. Degradation of cellulose by basidiomycetous in fungi Petr Baldrian & Vendula Valášková

Vol. 32-3 p.501 (2008)

Scope of the journal

This journal publishes reviews dealing with all aspects of microbiology that have not been surveyed recently. They should be devoted to topics of current interest and may be of a speculative and selective nature or they may provide comprehensive, critical and authoritative coverage. Reviews should provide new perspectives and critical, detailed discussions of significant trends in the areas being reviewed. Historical analyses of important subjects will also be accepted. All reviews should address both specialists and the general reader. Whenever possible, reviews should be put into the framework of general microbiology and biology. Manuscripts of lectures delivered at symposia that do not review the related field are not acceptable, nor are unevaluated compilations of the literature.

FEMS IS COMMITTED TO REVIEWING MICROBIOLOGY: