The biochemistry of dry-rot in wood

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Abstract
Two samples of timber,, probably Pinus resinosa, rotted to different degrees by M. lachrymans were examined. Detailed examination of the cellulose, alkali soluble and water soluble fractions indicated that the preliminary stage in the attack is hydrolytic and that the unit of cellulose degradation product attacked oxidatively by the fungus is not less than a trisaccharide.