title: Degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol by two brown rot fungi.
abstract: Wheat straw cultures of the brown rot fungi Gloeophyllum striatum and G. trabeum degraded 2,4-dichlorophenol and pentachorophenol. Up to 54% and 27% 14CO2, respectively, were liberated from uniformly 14C-labeled substrates within 6 weeks. Under identical conditions Trametes versicolor, a typical white rot species employed as reference, evolved up to 42% and 43% 14CO2 and expressed high activities of laccase, manganese peroxidase, and manganese-independent peroxidase. No such activity could be detected in straw or liquid cultures of Gloeophyllum. Moreover, G. striatum degraded both chlorophenols most efficiently under non-cometabolic conditions, i.e. on a defined mineral medium lacking sources of carbon, nitrogen and phosphate.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Institute of Microbiology, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fahr
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Wetzstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlosser
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism; D010416:Pentachlorophenol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; D003470:Culture Media; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D008031:Lignin; D010416:Pentachlorophenol; C004762:2,4-dichlorophenol