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eojrgherkghj
8y ago
It's not so much the cellulose, it's the lignin that makes wood so hard to digest. Fungi resort to producing peroxides instead of attacking it directly with tailored enzymes
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eojrgherkghj
8y ago
> relatively simple organic polymers Sure, they contain carbon backbones. But structurally that's about the only thing they have in common. Compare PU[0] and Teflon[1]. The former is marginally bio-degradeable. The latter boasts res