Agro-industrial wastes revalorization as feedstock: production of lignin-modifying enzymes extracts by solid-state fermentation using white rot fungi.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the production of lignin-modifying enzyme extracts and delignified biomass from agro-industrial wastes using white rot fungi ( sp. Sp2, Ru-104, sp. BOS55 IJFM 169 and BKM-F-1767). These were screened based on their adaptability and colonization ability on different substrates, as well as by the Laccase, Manganese peroxidase, and Lignin peroxidase enzymatic production. Native strains ( sp. Sp2 and Ru-104) showed the highest growth kinetics under the solid-substrate fermentation conditions and the growth rate parameters of the kinetic logistic model for the different substrates were between 0.39-0.81 (1/d) and 0.42-0.83 (1/d), respectively; the determination coefficients were ≥0.99. sp. Sp2 was subsequently cultured in static flasks to produce crude enzyme extracts, obtaining manganese peroxidase activity levels of 18.5 and 31.3 (U/g) when growing in corn cob husk and spent tea leaves, respectively. Besides, it was to establish that the best conditions for lignin-modifying enzymes production using corn cob husk are 70% of initial moisture and 2.12 mm of particle size; reaching after 30 incubation days a manganese peroxidase activity of 21 ± 6 (U/g) under these conditions; enzyme that showed a suitable thermostability.