TY - JOUR
T1 - Mineralization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus
AU - Bezalel, Lea
AU - Hadar, Yitzhak
AU - Cerniglia, Carl E.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus was able to mineralize to 14CO2 7.0% of [14C]catechol, 3.0% of [14C]phenanthrene, 0.4% of [14C]pyrene, and 0.19% of [14C]benzo[a]pyrene by day 11 of incubation. It also mineralized [14C]anthracene (0.6%) much more slowly (35 days) and [14C]fluorene (0.19%) within 15 days. P. ostreatus did not mineralize fluoranthene. The activities of the enzymes considered to he part of the ligninolytic system, laccase and manganese-inhibited peroxidase, were observed during fungal growth in the presence of the various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Although activity of both enzymes was observed, no distinct correlation to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation was found.
AB - The white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus was able to mineralize to 14CO2 7.0% of [14C]catechol, 3.0% of [14C]phenanthrene, 0.4% of [14C]pyrene, and 0.19% of [14C]benzo[a]pyrene by day 11 of incubation. It also mineralized [14C]anthracene (0.6%) much more slowly (35 days) and [14C]fluorene (0.19%) within 15 days. P. ostreatus did not mineralize fluoranthene. The activities of the enzymes considered to he part of the ligninolytic system, laccase and manganese-inhibited peroxidase, were observed during fungal growth in the presence of the various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Although activity of both enzymes was observed, no distinct correlation to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation was found.
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U2 - 10.1128/aem.62.1.292-295.1996
DO - 10.1128/aem.62.1.292-295.1996
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AN - SCOPUS:0030022238
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 62
SP - 292
EP - 295
JO - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
JF - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
IS - 1
ER -