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Valorization of agro-residues for production of ligninolytic enzymes from Pleurotus spp. and their deployment in dye decolorisation

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The textile industries discharge around 10–15% dyes into effluents, posing threat to human health and environment. White-rot fungi are promising candidates for elimination of variety of dyes, owing to their potential for degradation and mineralization of a broad spectrum of highly toxic, recalcitrant, and organic pollutants. In this study, different species of Pleurotus were evaluated for ligninolytic enzymes production using paddy straw, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw for 7, 14, 21 and 28 days of incubation, respectively. Among substrates, paddy straw exhibited maximum activity of laccase (Lac) (45968.9 ± 347.2 U/g) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) (16312.1 ± 99.9 U/g) from P. ostreatus D-66 after 28 days, however the lignin peroxidase (LiP) (10823.2 ± 94.5 U/g) activity from P. pulmonarius D-79 following 21 days. Purified Lac, MnP and LiP from P. ostreatus D-66 and P. pulmonarius D-79 showed 68.8, 44.1 and 22.8- fold increase with yield of 57.3%, 36.7% and 30.4%, respectively. These enzymes were stable over wide range of pH (3.5 to 7.5) and temperatures (30 to 50 °C) with optimum pH 4.5–5.0 and temperature 30 °C. Among synthetic dyes, the maximum decolorisation (96.9%) was achieved in Remazol brilliant blue R revealed with Lac from P. ostreatus D-66, while in P. pulmonarius D-79 (88.8%) with malachite green and decolorised dye with optimal pH 4.0–6.0 and temperature 30 °C. The findings demonstrated that paddy straw could be an attractive substrate for Pleurotus spp. to produce ligninolytic enzymes that, after purification, can be exploited effectively for degradation of synthetic dyes from textile effluents.

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Rajavat, A.S., Shrivastava, N., Choudhary, P. et al. Valorization of agro-residues for production of ligninolytic enzymes from Pleurotus spp. and their deployment in dye decolorisation. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-05004-z

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