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Degradation of toxaphene by Bjerkandera sp. strain BOL13 using waste biomass as a cosubstrate

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The white-rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. strain BOL13 was capable of degrading toxaphene when supplied with wood chips, wheat husk or cane molasses as cosubstrates in batch culture experiments. Approximately 85% of toxaphene was removed when wheat husk was the main substrate. The production of lignin peroxidase was only stimulated when wheat husk was present in the liquid medium. Although xylanase was always detected, wheat husk supported the highest xylanase production. A negligible amount of β-glucosidase and cellulase were found in the batch culture medium. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of toxaphene degradation by white-rot fungi.

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This project is a part of the Multidisciplinary Research Environmental Program (MREP) and was supported by The Swedish International Development Agency/Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries. Thanks to María Teresa Álvarez for her suggestions.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden

    Martha Lacayo Romero, Enrique Terrazas, Bert van Bavel & Bo Mattiasson

  2. Centro para la Investigación en Recursos Acuáticos de Nicaragua (CIRA), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN), P.O. Box 4598, Managua, Nicaragua

    Martha Lacayo Romero

  3. Instituto de Investigaciones Fármaco-Bioquímicas de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y Bioquímicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Enrique Terrazas

  4. MTM Research Centre, Örebro University, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden

    Bert van Bavel

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Romero, M.L., Terrazas, E., van Bavel, B. et al. Degradation of toxaphene by Bjerkandera sp. strain BOL13 using waste biomass as a cosubstrate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 71, 549–554 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-005-0174-8

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