Open AccessScreening pentachlorophenol degradation ability by environmental fungal strains belonging to the phyla Ascomycota and Zygomycota
Author(s) -
Mariana B. Carvalho,
Isabel Martins,
Maria C. Leitão,
Helga Garcia,
Cátia Rodrígues,
Vitória San Romão,
Iain McLellan,
Andrew Hursthouse,
Cristina Silva Pereira
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of industrial microbiology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.857
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1476-5535
pISSN - 1367-5435
DOI - 10.1007/s10295-009-0603-2
Subject(s) - pentachlorophenol , bioremediation , ascomycota , biology , phylum , mucor circinelloides , trichoderma , basidiomycota , penicillium , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , mucor , bacteria , ecology , biochemistry , contamination , genetics , gene
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) bioremediation by the fungal strains amongst the cork-colonising community has not yet been analysed. In this paper, the co- and direct metabolism of PCP by each of the 17 fungal species selected from this community were studied. Using hierarchical data analysis, the isolates were ranked by their PCP bioremediation potential. Fifteen isolates were able to degrade PCP under co-metabolic conditions, and surprisingly Chrysonilia sitophila, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Mucor plumbeus, Penicillium janczewskii and P. glandicola were able to directly metabolise PCP, leading to its complete depletion from media. PCP degradation intermediates are preliminarily discussed. Data emphasise the significance of these fungi to have an interesting potential to be used in PCP bioremediation processes.
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