title: Screening for ligninolytic enzymes in autochthonous fungal strains from Argentina isolated from different substrata.
abstract: The production of different extracellular ligninolytic enzymes was studied in autochthonous fungal strains from Argentina isolated from litter derived from hydrocarbon-polluted sites and from basidiocarps frowing on wood in forests. The strains tested were cultivated in a carbon-limited medium with shaking. Laccase activity reached higher levels than aryl-alcohol oxidase and manganese-dependent peroxidase activities in liquid cultures from different fungi. No lignin peroxidase activity was found in any strain assayed. Some species are reported for the first time as producers of different ligninolytic enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 53 #477, 1900-La Plata, Argentina. speg_lps@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: Mario Carlos Nazareno
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Saparrat
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Marta Noemi
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Cabello
authors.forename: Angélica Margarita
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Arambarri