The biodegradation of recalcitrant effluents from an olive mill by a white-rot fungus.
Biodegradation of olive-mill wastewater (OMW) was performed by the polyurethane-immobilized mycelium of Lentinula edodes. Throughout three consecutive treatment cycles of the effluent significant abatements of its polluting characteristics were observed. In fact, its contents in total organic carbon, total phenols, total ortho-diphenol were dramatically reduced. In addition, a significant effluent decolorization was evident.
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Department of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy. Dannib@unitus.it
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D042845:Laccase; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010545:Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism; D010938:Plant Oils; D018505:Waste Management; D014866:Waste Products; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*
D000069463:Olive Oil; D010545:Peroxides; D010636:Phenols; D010938:Plant Oils; D014866:Waste Products; D014873:Water Pollutants; D008031:Lignin; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D042845:Laccase