Biotechnological Wood Modification with Selective White-Rot Fungi and Its Molecular Mechanisms

Karin Fackler1,2*, Cornelia Gradinger1,2, Marieke Schmutzer1,2, Crtomir Tavzes3, Ingo Burgert4, Manfred Schwanninger5, Barbara Hinterstoisser4, Takashi Watanabe6 and Kurt Messner2 Competence Centre for Wood Composites and Wood Chemistry (Wood K plus), St. Peter Straße 25, A-4021 Linz, Austria Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/166, A-1060 Vienna, Austria University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science and Technology, Rozna dolina, Cesta VIII/34, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Peter Jordan Strasse 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria Department of Chemistry, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria Laboratory of Biomass Conversion, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan