Lignin and related compounds have been investigated and reported by many workers.1*The authors have reported the study of the degradation of eugenol.2) Eugenol [I] is biosynthesized in plants via ferulic acid and coniferylalcohol and it is a strongly antibacterial substance.It was confirmed that eugenol was converted to ferulic acid, vanillin, vanillic acid and protocatechuic acid, and subsequently ring fission occurred by a Corynebacterium sp. which was isolated from soil.It is ex-
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Tadasa et al. (1983) studied this question.