title: Screening pentachlorophenol degradation ability by environmental fungal strains belonging to the phyla Ascomycota and Zygomycota.
abstract: Pentachlorophenol (PCP) bioremediation by the fungal strains amongst the cork-colonising community has not yet been analysed. In this paper, the co- and direct metabolism of PCP by each of the 17 fungal species selected from this community were studied. Using hierarchical data analysis, the isolates were ranked by their PCP bioremediation potential. Fifteen isolates were able to degrade PCP under co-metabolic conditions, and surprisingly Chrysonilia sitophila, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Mucor plumbeus, Penicillium janczewskii and P. glandicola were able to directly metabolise PCP, leading to its complete depletion from media. PCP degradation intermediates are preliminarily discussed. Data emphasise the significance of these fungi to have an interesting potential to be used in PCP bioremediation processes.
authors: Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal.
authors: Mariana B
authors: MB
authors: Carvalho
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Martins
authors: Maria C
authors: MC
authors: Leitão
authors: Helga
authors: H
authors: Garcia
authors: Cátia
authors: C
authors: Rodrigues
authors: Vitória
authors: V
authors: San Romão
authors: Iain
authors: I
authors: McLellan
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Hursthouse
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Silva Pereira
mesh_terms: D000840:Anisoles / Q000378:metabolism; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000378:metabolism; D001711:Biotransformation; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000378:metabolism; D010416:Pentachlorophenol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000840:Anisoles; D016227:Benzoquinones; D006873:Hydroquinones; C015421:pentachloroanisole; D010416:Pentachlorophenol; C031927:hydroquinone