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Comparison of ligninolytic activities of selected white-rot fungi

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Six fast growing ligninolytic white-rot fungi were compared with Phanerochaete chrysosporium. The results showed that the fungi have similar ligninolytic systems, although minor differences exist. Like in P. chrysosporium the ligninolytic system could be induced by veratryl alcohol in Coriolus versicolor and Chrysosporium pruinosum. These three lignin peroxidase producing fungi were the fastest lignin degraders in stationary cultures, whereas in agitated cultures Bjerkandera adusta showed highest lignin degradation rates. Metabolites accumulating during the degradation of veratryl alcohol were analyzed and compared. Peroxidase production seems to be a common feature of all the tested fungi. Polyclonal antibodies against the lignin peroxidase with pl of 4.65 from P. chrysosporium reacted with the extracellular peroxidases of C. pruinosum, C. versicolor and B. adusta, but not with those of Pleurotus ostreatus.

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    Roland Waldner, Matti S. A. Leisola & Armin Fiechter

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. Hans-Jürgen Rehm on the occasion of his 60th birthday

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Waldner, R., Leisola, M.S.A. & Fiechter, A. Comparison of ligninolytic activities of selected white-rot fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 29, 400–407 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265826

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