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Influence of mixtures of acenaphthylene and benzo[a]anthracene on their degradation by Pleurotus ostreatus in sandy soil

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Abstract

Purpose

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of organic compounds commonly found as soil contaminants. Fungal degradation is considered as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach to remove PAHs from soil. Acenaphthylene (Ace) and Benzo[a]anthracene (BaA) are two PAHs that can coexist in soils; however, the influence of the presence of each other on their biodegradation has not been studied. The biodegradation of Ace and BaA, alone and in mixtures, by the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus was studied in a sandy soil.

Materials and methods

Experimental microcosms containing soil spiked with different concentrations of Ace and BaA were inoculated with P. ostreatus. Initial (t 0) and final (after 15 days of incubation) soil concentrations of Ace and BaA were determined after extraction of the PAHs.

Results and discussion

P. ostreatus was able to degrade 57.7% of the Ace in soil spiked at 30 mg kg−1 dry soil and 65.8% of Ace in soil spiked at 60 mg kg−1 dry soil. The degradation efficiency of BaA by P. ostreatus was 86.7 and 77.4% in soil spiked with Ace at 30 and 60 mg kg−1 dry soil, respectively. After 15 days of incubation, there were no significant differences in Ace concentration between soil spiked with Ace and soil spiked with Ace + BaA, irrespective of the initial soil concentration of both PAHs. There were also no differences in BaA concentration between soil spiked with BaA and soil spiked with BaA + Ace.

Conclusions

The results indicate that the fungal degradation of Ace and BaA was not influenced by the presence of each other’s PAH in sandy soil. Bioremediation of soils contaminated with Ace and BaA using P. ostreatus is a promising approach to eliminate these PAHs from the environment.

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Acknowledgments

R.S. Oliveira wishes to acknowledge the support of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through the research grant SFRH/BPD/85008/2012 and Fundo Social Europeu.

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  1. CISA/School of Allied Health Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Rua Valente Perfeito, 322, 4400-330, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

    Inês Rocha, Manuela V. da Silva & Rui S. Oliveira

  2. REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Bromatologia e Hidrologia, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal

    Edgar Pinto & Isabel M. P. L. V. O. Ferreira

  3. Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-455, Coimbra, Portugal

    Rui S. Oliveira

  4. CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal

    Rui S. Oliveira

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Rocha, I., Pinto, E., Ferreira, I.M.P.L.V.O. et al. Influence of mixtures of acenaphthylene and benzo[a]anthracene on their degradation by Pleurotus ostreatus in sandy soil. J Soils Sediments 14, 829–834 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-013-0804-1

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