BIOLOGY 415 PLANT CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS. Winter Term, 2000

SELECTED REFERENCES: CELL WALLS, BIOMASS AND
BIOREMEDIATION


Some references on bioremediation (inorganic contaminents) are listed with the references on mineral constituents.

*Abelson, P. H. 1995. Renewable liquid fuels. Science 268: 955.

Anderson, J. W. and J. Beardall. 1991. Molecular Activities of Plant Cells. Blackwell Scientific Public., London. pp. 275-290 provide a very good coverage of cell wall synthesis and structure.

Anderson, T. A. and J. R. Coats (eds.). 1994. Bioremediation through Rhizophere Technology. Am. Chemical Soc. Washington, D.C.

Atkins, E. D. T. (ed.). 1985. Polysaccharides. Topics in Structure and Morphology. VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, Germany.

Avnimelech, Y., B. W. Troeger and L. W. Reed. 1982. Mutual flocculation of algae and clay: Evidence and implications. Science 216: 63-65.

Boudet, A. M., C. Lapierre and J. Grima-Pettenati. 1994. Tansley Review No. 80. Biochemistry and molecular biology of lignification. New Phytologist 129: 203-236.

Briks, J. W., J. G. Calvert and R. W. Sievers (eds.). 1993. The Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Its Impact on Global Change. Am. Chemical Soc. Washington, D.C.

Brown, R. M., Jr. 1982. Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems. Plenum Publ. Corp., NY.

Bumpus, J. A., M. Tein, D. Wright and S. D. Aust. 1985. Oxidation of persistent environmental pollutants by a white rot fungus. Science 228: 1434-1436.

Calvin, M. 1983. New Sources for fuel and materials. Science 219: 24-26. Casey, J. P. (ed.). 1979. Pulp and Paper. Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vol. 1, J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., NJ.

Cassab, G. I. 1998. Plant cell wall proteins. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 49: 281-309.

Chasan, R. 1994. Arabinogalactan-Proteins: Getting to the Core. The Plant Cell 6: 1519-1521.

Clarke, A. J. 1997. Biodegradation of Cellulose: Enzymology and Biotechnology. Technomic Pub. Co., Lancaster, PA.

Clegg, C. J. 1984. Lower Plants : Anatomy and Activities of Non-flowering Plants and Their Allies. J. Murray, London. P. 45- an interesting discussion of the changes occurring during composting.

Cosgrove, D. J. 1997. Assembly and enlargement of the primary cell wall in plants. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 13: 171-201.

Coughlan, M. P. and G. P. Hazlewood. 1993. Hemicellulose and Hemicellulases. Portland Press, London.

Crawford, R. L. 1981. Lignin Biodegradation and Transformation. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., NY.

Dumitriu, S. (ed.) 1998. Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.

Eastwood,M. and C. A. Edwards. 1991. Fibrous polysaccharides. pp. 258-284 in Toxic Substances in Crop Plants. J. P. Felix D'Mello, C. M. Duffus and J. H. Duffus (eds.), Royal Soc. Chem., Cambridge. The nature and effects of dietary fiber are discussed.

Eweis, J. B et al. 1998. Bioremediation Principles. WCB/McGraw-Hill, Boston.

Foster, R. C. 1981. Polysaccharides in soil fabrics. Science 214: 665-667.

Fowler, J. E. and R. S. Quatrano, 1997. Plant cell morphogenesis: plasma membrane interactions with the cytoskeleton and cell wall. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 13: 697-743.

Gassmann, G. and D. Glindemann. 1993. Phosphane (PH3) in the biosphere. Angew. Chem. 105: 761-763.

Glore, S. R. et al. 1994. Soluble fiber and serum lipids: A literature review. J. Am. Dietetic Assoc. 94: 425-536.

Goldstein, I. E. (ed.). 1981. Organic Chemicals from Biomass. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Griffiths, D. W. 1991. Condensed tannins. pp. 180- in Toxic Substances in Crop Plants. J. P. Felix D'Mello, C. M. Duffus and J. H. Duffus (eds.), Royal Soc. Chem., Cambridge.

Happey, F. 1978, 1979. Applied Fiber Science. 3 vols. Academic Press, NY.

Harvey, R. G. 1982. Polycyclic hydrocarbons and cancer. Am. Scientist 70: 386-393.

Haug, A. 1974. Chemistry and biochemistry of algal cell-wall polysaccharides, pp. 51-88 in Plant Biochemistry, D. H. Northcote, ed., Butterworths, London.

Hawkins, D. R. (ed.). 1992. Biotransformations. Vol. 4. A Survey of the Biotransformations of Drugs and Chemicals in Animals. Royal Soc. of Chemistry, Cambridge. Pp. 37-41 tell about the activation of benzo[a]pyrene, an important carcinogen. Other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are also covered.

Hayes, M.H.B. and W.S. Wilson. (eds.) 1997. Humic Substances in Soils, Peats and Waters: Health and Environmental. Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services, Cambridge.

Heinze, T. J. and W. G. Glasser (eds.) 1998. Cellulose Derivatives: Modification, Characterization, and Nanostructures. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

Higuchi, T. 1997. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Wood. Springer, Berlin.

Himmel, E. et al. (eds.) 1994. Enzymatic Conversion of Biomass for Fuels Production. Am. Chemical Soc. Washington, D.C.

Hites, R. A. and S. L. Simonich. 1994. Importance of vegetation in removing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the atmosphere. Nature 370: 49-51.

Hollaender, A. et al. l981. Trends in the Biology of Fermentations for Fuels and Chemicals. Plenum Publ. Corp., NY.

Hopkinson, C. S. and J. W. Day. 1980. Net energy analysis of alcohol production from sugarcane. Science 207: 302-304.

Jung, H. G. et al. 1991. Forage Cell Wall Structure and Digestibility. Am. Soc. of Agronomy, CSSA, SSSA, Madison, WI.

Keller, B. 1993. Structural cell wall proteins. Plant Physiol. 101: 1127-1130.

King, R. B., G. M. Long and J. K. Sheldon 1998. Practical Environmental Bioremediation: The Field Guide. 2nd ed. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Kirk, T. K., T-Higuchi and H-M. Chang. l980. Lignin Biodegradation: Microbiology, Chemistry and Potential Applications. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Klass, D. L. 1984. Methane from anaerobic fermentation. Science 223: l021-1028.

Klemm, D. et al 1998. Comprehensive Cellulose Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Weinheim.

Kritchevsky, D. and Charles Bonfield (eds.) 1997. Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease. Plenum Press, New York, NY.

Lewis, N. G. and S. Sarkanen (eds.) 1998. Lignin and Lignan Biosynthesis. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

Linskens, H. F. and J. F. Jackson (eds.). 1989. Plant Fibers. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Mostly a methods book.

Lynd, L. R., J. R. Cushman, R. J. Nichols and C. E. Wyman. 1991. Fuel ethanol from cellulosic biomass. Science 251: 1318-1323.

MacCarthy, P., C. E. Clapp, R. L. Malcolm and P. R. Bloom (eds.). 1990. Humic Substances in Soil and Crop Sciences: Selected Readings. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. and ASA, Madison, WI.

Martin, A. 1999. Biodegradation and Bioremediation, 2nd ed. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Meuser, R., D. J. Manners, and W. Seibel. 1993. Plant Polymeric Carbohydrates. Royal Soc. of Chemistry, London.

McCandless, E. L. and J. S. Craigie. 1979. Sulfated polysaccharides in red and brown algae, Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 30: 41-53.

McGee, H. 1992. The Curious Cook. More Kitchen Science and Lore. MacMillan Publ. Co., NY. pp. 297-313 deal with the changes (including browning) that occur in foods when they are cooked. McNeil, M., A. G.

Parliment, T. H., M. J. Morello and R. J. McGorrin (eds.). 1994. Thermally Generated Flavors: Maillard, Microwave, and Extrusion Processes. Am. Chemical Soc., Washington, D.C.

Patterson, W. C. 1994. Power from Plants: The Global Implications of New Technologies for Electricity from Biomass. Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Preston, R. D. 1968. Plants without cellulose, Sci. Am. 218 (June): 102-108.

Pritchard, H. N. and P. T. Brandt. 1984. Biology of Nonvascular Plants. Times Mirror/Mosby Publishers, St. Louis. Individual chapters tell about the diverse composition of the cell walls of the fungi and algae. Tables on pp. 13 and 238 give good summaries for the algae and fungi respectively.

Rowell, R. M, . T. P. Schultz and R. Narayan(eds.) 1992. Emerging Technologies for Materials and Chemicals from Biomass. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

Schery, R. W., Plants for Man, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, N.J. (1972). pp. 83-141 deal with wood and its uses, pp. 166-204 with fibers, pp. 247-254 with tanning and pp. 361-367 with waxes.

Shapiro, I. S. 1978. Future sources of organic raw materials. Science 202: 287-289.

Sharkey, T. D., E. A. Holland and H. A. Mooney (eds.). 1991. Trace Gas Emissions by Plants. Academic Press, San Diego.

Sjöström, E. Wood Chemistry. Fundamentals and Applications. Acad. Press, N.Y. (1981).

Sofer, S. S. and O. R. Zaborsky. 1981. Biomass Conversion Processes for Energy and Fuels. Plenum Press, NY.

Spiller, G. A. (ed.) 1993. CRC Handbook of Dietary Fiber in Human Nutrition, 2nd ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Stevenson, F. J. 1982. Humus Chemistry. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., NY.

Sturgeon, R. J. 1974. Chemical and Biochemical Aspects of Fungal Cell Walls, pp. 218-233 in Plant Carbohydrate Biochemistry, J. B. Pridham, ed., Academic Press, London. of the structure and functions of the cell wall.

**Taiz, L. and E. Zeiger. 1998. Plant Physiology, 2nd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, MA pp. 409-416, 419-422, 424,361-363, 365-367 and 439-441 provide a brief summary of the structure and functions of the cell wall.

Tillman, D. A., A. J. Rossi and W. D. Kitto. 1981. Wood Combustion. Principles, Processes and Economics. Academic Press, NY.

Tirrell, J. G., M. J. Fournier, T. L. Mason and D. A. Tirrell. 1994. Biomolecular materials. Chemical and Engineering News (Dec. 19). pp. 40-51.

Visser, J. et al. (eds.) 1992. Xylans and Xylanases. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Vitt, D. H., and N. G. Slack. 1975. An analysis of the vegetation of Sphagnum-dominated kettle-hole bogs in relation to environmental gradients. Can. J. Bot. 53: 332-359. Includes some discussion of the ion exchange properties of Sphagnum and their environmental influence.

Walter, R. H. 1991. The Chemistry and Technology of Pectin. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego.

Weisz, P. B. and J. F. Marshall. 1979. High-grade fuels from biomass farming: Potentials and constraints. Science 206: 24-29.

Whetten, R. and R. Sederoff. 1995. Lignin biosynthesis. Plant Cell 7: 1001-1013.

Wise, D. L. (ed.). 1981. Fuel Gas Production from Biomass. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Wolin, M. J. 1981. Fermentation in the rumen and human large intestine. Science 213: 1463-1468.

Woodwell, G. M. 1978. The carbon dioxide question. Sci. Am. 238(Jan.): 34-43. The global carbon cycle is discussed.

Wydra, K. and K. Rudolph. 1992. Analysis of toxic extracellular polysaccharides. pp. 113-183 in H. E. Linskins and J. E. Jackson (eds.), Plant Toxin Analysis. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Zepp, R. G. 1994. Climate-Biosphere Interactions: Biogenic Emissions and Environmental Effect of Climate. John Wiley & Sons, NY.


*References of special interest.

**Suggested reading. Also on reserve.


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