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Microbes in Paper Industry- Mechanical pulping in manufacture process of paper from wood needs much energy and also does not preserve the quality of the product. Therefore, potential of some lignin-decomposing fungi (lignolytic fungi) has been exploited for this process. Biological pulping by use of these higher fungi (Basidiomycotina) could find application in paper industry. Phanero­chaete chrysosporium has been mostly studied for biopulping. Other lignolytic fungi found suitable for this process are Pholiota mutabilis. Tremetes versicolor, and Phlebia spp.