Application of ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy to Compare the Cell Materials of Wood Decay Fungi with Wood Mould Fungi

Acknowledgments. The authors are thankful to the Research Council of Norway, Viken Skog BA, Treindustrien, the Wood Technology Research Fund at the Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology, Jotun AS, and Kebony ASA for the financial support and to the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, and the Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology for research cooperation. Additionally, the authors would like to acknowledge valuable comments from Dr. Per Jostein Hovde from NTNU and Dr. Lone Ross Gobakken from the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute at As, Norway.