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Identification of naphthalene metabolism by white rot fungus Pleurotus eryngii

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The use of biomaterials or microorganisms in PAHs degradation had presented an eye-catching performance. Pleurotus eryngii is a white rot fungus, which is easily isolated from the decayed woods in the tropical rain forest, used to determine the capability to utilize naphthalene, a two-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon as source of carbon and energy. In the meantime, biotransformation of naphthalene to intermediates and other by-products during degradation was investigated in this study. Pleurotus eryngii had been incubated in liquid medium formulated with naphthalene for 14 days. The presence of metabolites of naphthalene suggests that Pleurotus eryngii begin the ring cleavage by dioxygenation on C1 and C4 position to give 1,4-naphthaquinone. 1,4-Naphthaquinone was further degraded to benzoic acid, where the proposed terepthalic acid is absent in the cultured extract. Further degradation of benzoic acid by Pleurotus eryngii shows the existence of catechol as a result of the combination of decarboxylation and hydroxylation process. Unfortunately, phthalic acid was not detected in this study. Several enzymes, including manganese peroxidase, lignin peroxidase, laccase, 1,2-dioxygenase and 2,3-dioxygenase are enzymes responsible for naphthalene degradation. Reduction of naphthalene and the presence of metabolites in liquid medium showed the ability of Pleurotus eryngii to utilize naphthalene as carbon source instead of a limited glucose amount.

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A part of this project was financially supported by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (RUG Vote QJ1.3000.2522.02H65) and Ministry of High Education, Malaysia (ERGS Vote R.J130000.7822.4L053).

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental and Water Resource Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Tony Hadibarata, Zee Chuang Teh,  Rubiyatno, Meor Mohd Fikri Ahmad Zubir, Ameer Badr Khudhair, Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff & Mohd Razman Salim

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff

  3. Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Science, University of Education (UPI), Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229, 40154, Bandung, Indonesia

    Topik Hidayat

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Hadibarata, T., Teh, Z.C., Rubiyatno et al. Identification of naphthalene metabolism by white rot fungus Pleurotus eryngii . Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 36, 1455–1461 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-013-0884-8

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