Lacayo Romero Martha, Terrazas Enrique, van Bavel Bert, Mattiasson Bo
Department of Biotechnology, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2006 Jul;71(4):549-54. doi: 10.1007/s00253-005-0174-8. Epub 2005 Nov 11.
The white-rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. strain BOL13 was capable of degrading toxaphene when supplied with wood chips, wheat husk or cane molasses as cosubstrates in batch culture experiments. Approximately 85% of toxaphene was removed when wheat husk was the main substrate. The production of lignin peroxidase was only stimulated when wheat husk was present in the liquid medium. Although xylanase was always detected, wheat husk supported the highest xylanase production. A negligible amount of beta-glucosidase and cellulase were found in the batch culture medium. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of toxaphene degradation by white-rot fungi.
