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The ability ofPhanerochœte chrysosporium, Trametes versicolor, Coriolopsis polyzona, andPleurotus ostreatus growing in a nitrogen-limited mineral medium (NMM) to degrade PCBs in a commercial, Delor 106 mixture at a concentration of 0.9 ppm was compared. The respective amounts of PCBs removed from the fungal cultures within 3 weeks were 25, 50, 41, and 0%. The capacities of the individual fungal species to remove PCBs correlated to some extent with their capabilities of decolorization of NMM agar containing both Poly R-478 or Remazol Brilliant Blue R dyes. Enzyme estimations indicated that both high and relatively stable activities of Mn-dependent peroxidase, Mn-independent peroxidase, lignin peroxidase, and laccase characterized efficient PCB degraders.
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The work was supported by a grant of theAcademy of Sciences of the Zech Republic no. A6301501 and a grant of theAgency of the Zech Republic no. 204/94/1190.
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Novotný, Č., Vyas, B.R.M., Erbanová, P. et al. Removal of PCBs by various white rot fungi in liquid cultures. Folia Microbiol 42, 136–140 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02898723
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