Biodegradation of lindane by Pleurotus ostreatus via central composite design

Microbial degradation of pesticide: A review

“…The ability to degrade organochlorine has been documented in different genera of fungi. Among these, basidiomycetes show more resistance toward these compounds (Gomes Machado et al, 2005;Rigas et al, 2005). Recently it is reported that a strain of Trichoderma harzianum has capability to degrade organochlorines through an oxidative system (Katayama and Matsumura, 2009).…”

Biodegradation of 2, 4 Dichlorophenol

“…Such a colour change has never been detected in any situation in the present study. Rigas et al (2005) reported in their study on biodegradation of lindane that the chromatograms obtained by the GC showed no significant new peaks, which was considered an evidence for a biotransformation pathway proceeding with fast intermediate reaction rates and in favor of complete mineralization of the pollutant. It is believed that this topic of intermediate detection and characterization is worth further investigation.…”

“…Furthermore, this method does not account for the different interactions between two or more factors and therefore the results might be misinterpreted (Basak et al, 2013;Sridevi et al, 2011;Wu et al, 2009). In contrast, statistical design of experiments can optimize all the affecting parameters, saving a lot of time and money by considerably decreasing the number of trials needed to investigate the effects of multiple variables (Basak et al, 2013;Rigas et al, 2005).…”

“…Biotreatment process optimization by statistical experimental design has been well documented (Annadurai et al, 2008;Sridevi et al, 2011;Sheeja and Murugesan, 2002;Wu et al, 2009;Rigas et al, 2005;Cutright and Meza, 2007;Agarry et al, 2008b;Yao et al, 2009). However few studies were reported as to chlorophenols removal (Kusic et al, 2011;Bhattacharya et al, 2009).…”

Pesticides in the Environment: Impacts and its Biodegradation as a Strategy for Residues Treatment

“…Several reports have documented the capability of different genera of fungi to degrade organochlorines. Among these, basidiomycetes seem to be more resistant to these compounds (Gomes Machado et al, 2005;Rigas et al, 2005). Recently a strain of Trichoderma harzianum has also been shown to degrade organochlorines through an oxidative system (Katayama & Matsumura, 2009).…”