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RECORD NUMBER: 49 OF 92| Main Title | Oxidation of Persistent Environmental Pollutants by a White Rot Fungus. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Bumpus, J. A. ; Tien, M. ; Wright, D. ; Aust, S. D. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Dept. of Biochemistry.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | c1985 | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1985 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA-R-811464; EPA/600/J-93/160; | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB93-191575 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Oxidation ; Environmental pollutants ; Biodeterioration ; Enzymes ; DDT ; Lindane ; Benzo(a)pyrene ; Lignin ; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin ; Reprints ; Phanerochaete chrysosporium | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 6p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | The white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium degraded DDT (1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane), 3,4,3'4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2',-4'5'-hexachlorobiphenyl 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, lindane (1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane), and benzo(a)pyrene to carbon dioxide. Model studies, based on the use of DDT, suggest that the ability of Phanerochaete chrysosporium to metabolize these compounds is dependent on the extracellular lignin-degrading enzyme system of this fungus. (Copyright (c) 1985 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.) |