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Pseudomonas putida, isolated from decomposing plant materials, degrade
d several lignin-related aromatic compounds. After 30 days of incubati
on in media containing polymeric Kraft-lignin (PKL), the amount of Kla
son lignin had decreased by about 13%. When C-14-labelled dehydropolym
ers of coniferyl alcohol (DHP) lignins and C-14-lignin-lignocelluloses
were used as substrates, mineralization to (CO2)-C-14 by the P. putid
a strain ranged from 1.4% to 2.1%.