Solubilization of Australian lignites by microorganisms

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Prepr. Pap., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5969898

Catcheside, D E.A.; Mallett, K J; Cox, R E

Australia has substantial lignite deposits, particularly in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria where 4.10/sup 10/ tons are accessible with available technologies. The authors have investigated the susceptibility of these coal to solubilization by microorganisms, including species additional to those already identified as active on North American lignites. The data presented here show that acid oxidized lignites from the Latrobe Valley are solubilized by each of seven species of microorganisms previously found to be active on Leonardite and oxidized North American lignites. These are the wood rot fungi: Trametes versicolor, Poria placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium, the lignin degrading prokaryote Streptomyces viridosporus and three fungi isolated from lignite in Mississippi: Candida ML-13, Cunninghamelia YML-1 and Penicillium waksmanii.

• Research Organization: Flinders Univ., Bedford Park (Australia)
• OSTI ID: 5969898
• Report Number(s): CONF-8809269-
• Journal Information: Prepr. Pap., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem.; (United States), Vol. 33:4; Conference: Bioprocessing of coal, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 25-30 Sep 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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