White rot fungi and their role in remediating oil-contaminated soil

Treatment of landfill leachate by immobilized Ganoderma australe and crude enzyme

“…Previous result showed that G. australe was able to produce ligninolytic enzymes such as LiP, MnP, and laccase 7 . These enzymes are known for their ability to degrade a variety of environmental pollutants including leachate 8 . The continuous experiment with only 10 U/ml of crude enzyme at 4 h exposure on an orbital shaker at 80 rpm not only could remove BOD 5 and COD but also NH 3 -N. The percentage removal achieved were 58%, 57%, and 62% for leachate BOD 5 , COD, and NH 3 -N, respectively.…”

“…This capability arises from the production of powerful oxidative and non-specific extracellular enzymes known as peroxidases. The peroxidase families are best recognized by lignin peroxidases (LiP), manganese peroxidases (MnP), and aryl-alcohol oxidase 8 . Peroxidases and laccases have a broad substrate specificities and can catalyse the oxidation of a wide range of toxic organic compounds 9 .…”

Themes for mushroom exploitation in the 21st century: Sustainability, waste management, and conservation.

“…4). Besides, mushroom colonized substrates have been used as animal feed and agents for biodegrading organopollutants (Wolter et al, 2000;Yateem et al, 1998).…”

Decolorization of methylene blue by new fungus: Trichaptum biforme and decolorization of three synthetic dyes by Trametes hirsuta and Trametes gibbosa

“…Therefore, several investigations have been carried out several investigations to identify a cost effective and environmentally acceptable technology that could be applied to remediate the contamination. Bioremediation is one of these techniques that involve almost exclusively microbial processes [20][21][22][23]. White rot fungi have been studied as one of the possible agents of biodegradation since their extracellular degradation systems are basically non-specific.…”

“…Taxonomically, white rot fungi are mostly basidiomycetes, and a few ascomycetes are also capable of white rot decay [28]. Fungal strains have different ligninolytic systems which distinguish them from each other [16,23,[29][30]. Laccase requires oxygen and peroxidase need oxygen peroxide for reactions.…”