Screening of New Zealand Native White-Rot Isolates for PCP Degradation

From: Bioremediation Journal | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT: From a pool of 367 white-rot fungi native to New Zealand (over 77 genera), isolates were screened for their bioremediation potential of pentachlorophenol (PCP). Fungi were tested for their ligninolytic activity (Poly R-478,367 isolates; wood decay, 235 isolates), tolerance to temperature (261 isolates), resistance to PCP (253 isolates), and PCP degradation potential plus laccase expression (20 isolates). Of the isolates tested, 26% showed a discolouration in the polymeric dye assay, but all caused wood decay (5 to 169 mm) on willow cuttings. In the temperature tolerance tests, all ...

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