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. 2016 Feb 4;9:31. doi: 10.1186/s13068-016-0445-x

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Top The three primary monolignols (from left to right) that form H, G, and S lignin units (respectively) and the most common linkage in the lignin polymer, the β-O-4 ether bond (right-most); Bottom highly resistant 5-5 (left) and β-5 (right) lignin linkages facilitated by the G unit