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Spent sawdust cultures of the Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes) metabolised pentachlorophenol in soil to a significant (P < 0.05) extent with 60.5, 57.3 and 44.4 % disappearance recorded for strains LE2, 866 and R26, respectively. Addition of H2O2 markedly enhanced pentachlorophenol metabolism. Analysis of metabolites by GC/MS showed that pentachloroanisole was a metabolic product. These results suggest that there is potential for commercial application in bioremediation.
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Okeke, B.C., Smith, J.E., Paterson, A. et al. Aerobic metabolism of pentachlorophenol by spent sawdust culture of “Shiitake” mushroom (Lentinus edodes) in soil. Biotechnol Lett 15, 1077–1080 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129941
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