Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes

Yitzhak Hadar; Daniel Cullen

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36821-9_5

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Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes

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Authors:

Yitzhak Hadar, Daniel Cullen

Year:

2013

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36821-9_5

Source:

Chapter 5 in The Mycota, Agricultural Applications, 2nd Edition

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Abstract

Wood decay fungi are obligate aerobes, deriving nutrients from the biological ‘combustion’ of wood, using molecular oxygen as terminal electron acceptor (Kirk and Farrell 1987; Blanchette 1991). Non-specific extracellular enzymes are generally viewed as key components in lignin depolymerization. The major enzymes implicated in lignin degradation are lignin peroxidase (LiP), manganese peroxidase (MnP), and laccase. All three can act with low molecular weight mediators to bring about oxidation of lignin and various xenobiotics (Cullen 2002).

Keywords

Organopollutant, white rot, brown rot, Phanerochaete, Pleurotus

Citation

Hadar, Yitzhak; Cullen, Daniel. 2013. Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes. Chapter 5. In: Kempken, F., ed., The Mycota, Agricultural Applications, 2nd Edition. Berlin: Springer-Verlag: 115-144.