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lignocellulolytic

lignocellulolytic adjective: destructive to lignocellulose.

Adjective

lignocellulolytic (comparative more lignocellulolytic, superlative most lignocellulolytic)

  1. destructive to lignocellulose
    • Then, the particles are moved through the intestinal tract, which consists of the foregut, midgut and hindgut, where several lignocellulolytic enzymes are secreted in each compartments.2015 August 28, “Prospection and Evaluation of (Hemi) Cellulolytic Enzymes Using Untreated and Pretreated Biomasses in Two Argentinean Native Termites”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of lignocellulolytic

comparativemore lignocellulolytic
superlativemost lignocellulolytic

Questions about lignocellulolytic

What does lignocellulolytic mean?
Lignocellulolytic means destructive to lignocellulose.
What part of speech is lignocellulolytic?
Lignocellulolytic is an adjective.

Words near lignocellulolytic in the dictionary

  1. ligno-
  2. ligno-tuber
  3. lignocaine
  4. lignocellulase
  5. lignocellulases
  6. lignocellulolytic
  7. lignocellulose
  8. lignocelluloses
  9. lignocellulosic
  10. lignocellulosically
  11. lignocellulosics

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