A novel fungal strain, Penicillium sp. CHY-2, isolated from Antarctic soils, was effective for the degradation of decane at lower (20 °C) and medium (30 °C) temperatures.
In the present study, a fungal strain isolated from the Antarctic soil was identified as Penicillium sp. CHY-2 based on its 5.8S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Further, evaluated its biodegradation ability towards 13 different toxic compounds at low (4°C) and medium (15°C) temperature conditions using high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Among 13 compounds, strain CHY-2 effectively degraded the 7 compounds at
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