Removal of PCBs by various white rot fungi in liquid cultures.
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.
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Laboratory of Experimental Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
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Erbanová
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Kubátová
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000378:metabolism*; D011124:Polyporaceae / Q000378:metabolism*
C073236:Delor 106; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls