High Spatial Resolution Infrared Micro-Spectroscopy Reveals the Mechanism of Leaf Lignin Decomposition by Aquatic Fungi

• Janice L. Kerr,

  Current address: Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry and Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) and CSIRO Land and Water, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

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• Darren S. Baldwin,

  Affiliation Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) and CSIRO Land and Water, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

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• Mark J. Tobin,

  Affiliation The Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Ljiljana Puskar,

  Affiliation The Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Peter Kappen,

  Affiliation Centre for Materials and Surface Science and Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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• Gavin N. Rees,

  Affiliation Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) and CSIRO Land and Water, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

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• Ewen Silvester

  * E-mail: e.silvester@latrobe.edu.au

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

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