| AdminHistory | Evans was asked to undertake research into the microbial matabolism of wattle tannins by the Research Advisory Committee of the African Territories Wattle Industry Fund (ATWIF) Ltd. The Committee was interested in the "problem of the removal of the non-tans from wattle extract by fermentation, and the much more complex project of the enzymic breakdown of the tannins". Evans agreed, seeing it as an extension of his work on the microbial metabolism of phenolic compound of natural origin. Terms were agreed in January 1963. |