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- noun See
rot .
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Fortunately, as but one example of a phytoremediating organism, there is the white-rot fungus Phlebia radiate, specifically mentioned by New Scientist in a short article about Robert Riggs 'idea for what Subtopia brilliantly referred to as fungoidal bomb-hacking.
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Fortunately, as but one example of a phytoremediating organism, there is the white-rot fungus Phlebia radiate, specifically mentioned by New Scientist in a short article about Robert Riggs 'idea for what Subtopia brilliantly referred to as fungoidal bomb-hacking.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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A little bit of punky (white-rot afflicted) wood, combined with false tinder fungus (small bracket fungus found on birch trees) ignited will produce a smudgey-smoke that keeps ants at bay for a while.
A Plague of Ants in Houston - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A little bit of punky (white-rot afflicted) wood, combined with false tinder fungus (small bracket fungus found on birch trees) ignited will produce a smudgey-smoke that keeps ants at bay for a while.
A Plague of Ants in Houston - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Biodelignification studies of wheat straw using the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus have been reported by Detroy et al. As part of this work, the cellulose content of wheat straw and the susceptibility of this cellulose to enzymatic hydrolysis was tracked during a 50-day fermentation with P. ostreatus.
3 Ethanol Production 1983
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The scientists pretreated polycarbonate with ultraviolet light and heat and exposed it to three kinds of fungi - including the fabled white-rot fungus, used commercially for environmental remediation of the toughest pollutants.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Scientists pretreated polycarbonate with ultraviolet light and heat and exposed it to three kinds of fungi, including the fabled white-rot fungus used commercially for environmental remediation of the toughest pollutants.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The scientists pretreated polycarbonate with ultraviolet light and heat and exposed it to three kinds of fungi - including the fabled white-rot fungus, used commercially for environmental remediation of the toughest pollutants.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Unlike white-rot fungi, previously characterized by DOE JGI and FPL, which simultaneously degrades lignin and cellulose, brown-rot rapidly depolymerizes the cellulose in wood without removing the lignin.
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The exceptions are the basidiomycete fungi, which include white-rot and brown-rot-wood-decayers and essential caretakers of carbon in forest systems.
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