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Trichoderma atroviride CBS 349 is able to solubilize lignite. The mould was cultured under non-sterile conditions in a new type of bioreactor for solid substrate fermentation. German lignite (lithotype A, Bergheim) was used as complex solid substrate. Over 40 days 140 g of 1.5 kg lignite held in a 25 l-bioreactor was solubilized by the fungus.
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Hölker, U., Höfer, M. Solid substrate fermentation of lignite by the coal-solubilizing mould, Trichoderma atroviride, in a new type of bioreactor. Biotechnology Letters 24, 1643–1645 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020361800615
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