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Black Liquor Decolorization by Selected White-Rot Fungi

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2011
Five different strains of white-rot fungi have been tested for their ability to decolorize black liquor on plates and on solid-state fermentation using vermiculite as the solid inert support. Since the high salt concentration inhibited the growth of all fungi, the black liquor was dialyzed against distilled water prior to use.
Verónica, Da Re, Leandro, Papinutti
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Feasibility of bioremediation by white-rot fungi

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2001
The ligninolytic enzymes of white-rot fungi have a broad substrate specificity and have been implicated in the transformation and mineralization of organopollutants with structural similarities to lignin. This review presents evidence for the involvement of these enzymes in white-rot fungal degradation of munitions waste, pesticides, polychlorinated ...
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Biodegradation of Polyvinylchloride (PVC) by White Rot Fungi

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 1999
Amounts of recalcitrant plastics in the environment and the time required for their total mineralization to CO2 have recently been fully understood. There is a growing interest in biodegradability of the plastics in landfills (Lee et al., 1991). A major area of environmental concern is the disposal of the solid wastes.
Z, Kirbaş, N, Keskin, A, Güner
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Co-remediation of DDT-contaminated soil using white rot fungi and laccase extract from white rot fungi

Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2013
2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT), one of the most widely used organochlorine pesticides in soil, was banned in the 1970s for agricultural use because of its detrimental impacts on wildlife and harmful effects on human health via the food chain.
Biao Fan, Yuechun Zhao, Ganhui Mo, Weijuan Ma, Junqin Wu   +4 more
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Degradation of Xenobiotics by White Rot Fungi

1991
White rot fungi such as P. chrysosporium degrade the nonrepeating, nonstereoselective, insoluble polymer lignin under conditions of nutrient limitation. The attack on lignin principally involves extracellular peroxidases (ligninases) and hydrogen peroxide. Hydroxyl radicals may also make a significant contribution.
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Degradation of styrene by white-rot fungi

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1997
Degradation of styrene in the gaseous phase was investigated for white-rot fungi Pleurotus ostreatus (two strains), Trametes versicolor, Bjerkandera adusta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Fungi were grown in liquid culture and the gas/mycelium contact surface was enhanced with the help of perlite.
A. Braun-Lüllemann, A. Majcherczyk, A. Hüttermann   +2 more
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Fungal Bioreactors: Applications to White-Rot Fungi

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 2003
The growth mechanisms of filamentous fungi in liquid cultures ranges from dispersed mycelia to compact pellets. The excessive growth of mycelia gives rise to practical and technical difficulties in culturing fungi and consequently the possibility to control and regulate hyphal extension and pellet size is of great importance for their potential ...
M.T. Moreira, G. Feijoo, J.M. Lema
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Color removal by white-rot fungi

1997
Abstract Color removal by a white-rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, from alkali extraction stage bleachery effluents of a hemp-based pulping plant was investigated. Culture conditions for optimum decolorization activity were determined in shake flash experiments with an objective to construct a continuous, lab-scale reactor.
Hatice Bilgiç, Celal F. Gökçay, Nesrin Hasirci   +2 more
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Soil regeneration using white rot fungi

1990
The industrial residues from the production process at former coking plants and gasworks contain, among other noxious substance, the dangerous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as carcinogenic benzopyrene. As bacteria have difficulty in decomposing these substances, we have developed* a process using white fingi for the regeneration of soil.
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Ligninolytic properties of different white-rot fungi

Biotechnology Letters, 1991
Seven white-rot fungi were examined for the production of ligninase, manganese peroxidase and laccase. All these enzymes were found inTrametes gibbosa andTrametes hirsuta. Only manganese peroxidase and laccase were produced byPycnoporus cinnabarinus,Coriolopsis polyzona,Stereum hirsutum,Dichomitus squalens andGanoderma valesiacum. All fungi decolorized
F. Nerud, Z. Zouchová, Z. Mišurcová
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