Isolation and screening of lignin degrading bacteria from different natural and organic sources

The present study is focused on to look for novel strains of lignin degrading bacteria from various organic sources. The different sample sources used for the isolation of lignin degrading bacteria were from cow dung, compost, forest soil, garden soil in agriculture college, Hassan. Enrichment of sample source was also done by mixing the paper, corncob, compost, cowdung and soil in different proportions and kept for 15 days at room temperature.