title: Removal of PCBs by various white rot fungi in liquid cultures.
abstract: The ability of Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Trametes versicolor, Coriolopsis polyzona, and Pleurotus ostreatus growing in a mitogen-limited mineral medium (NMM) to degrade PCBs in a commercial, Delor 106 mixture at a concentration of 0.9 ppm was compared. The respective amount of PCBs removed from the fungal cultures within 3 weeks were 25, 50, 41 and 0%. The capacities of the individual fungal species to remove PCBs correlated to some extent with their capabilities of decolorization of NMM agar containing both Poly R-478 or Remazol Brilliant Blue R dyes. Enzyme estimations indicated that both high and relatively stable activities of Mn-dependent peroxidase, Mn-independent peroxidase, lignin peroxidase, and laccase characterized efficient PCB degraders.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Novotný
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Erbanová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubátová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sasek
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000378:metabolism*; D011124:Polyporaceae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C073236:Delor 106; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls