METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CELLULOLYTIC SYMBIONTS

摘要

Shipworms are important destroyers of wood in the marine environment. Wood users have long sought methods for preventing or limiting their attack. The invention is directed to compositions and methods for preventing or limiting cellulolytic degradation by inhibiting cellulolytic organisms, in particular symbiont organisms. The invention discloses methods and compositions to inhibit the growth of a shipworm symbiont responsible for wood degradation.