Influence of agitation on the removal of nonylphenol by the white-rot fungi Trametes versicolor and Bjerkandera sp. BOL 13.
Bjerkandera sp. BOL 13 removed 95% of nonylphenol (at 9.7 mg nonylphenol L(-1) day(-1)) from aqueous medium after 5 days of incubation in agitated cultures. This removal rate decreased 2.5-fold in static cultures. By comparison, Trametes versicolor removed nonylphenol at 2.8 mg L(-1) day(-1) under conditions of static incubation, probably due to the action of laccase, but no growth was recorded in the agitated bottles.
Soares
Ana
A
Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, Lund, SE-221 00, Sweden.
Guieysse
Benoit
B
Mattiasson
Bo
B
D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000254:growth & development; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D005285:Fermentation; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*
D010636:Phenols; C025256:nonylphenol