Lignin degradeation by white rot fungi

Abstract. The wood-degrading white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium , has been the subject of intensive research in recent years and, based upon isolation of the extracellular enzyme ligninase, major advances have now been made toward elucidating the mechanism by which this fungus degrades lignin. From these developments, a model emerges which could explain the process by which wood-degrading fungi in general, attack lignin.     

碳源和氮源对彩绒革盖菌Coriolus versicolor木质纤维素酶和木质素酶分泌的影响

研究了彩绒草盖菌在不同碳源和氮源培养基中生长时,对纤维素酶、半纤维素酶、木质素酶（漆酶、多酚氧化酶、愈创木酚氧化酶）分泌的影响。结果表明不同碳源和氮源对酶类的分泌影响很大,富含淀粉的物质能明显促进木质素酶的分泌,而专一性底物（纤维素和半纤维素）对纤维素酶和半纤维素酶有诱导作用,麸皮也能诱导半纤维素酶的产生。     

木质纤维素酶高产菌株的筛选及其对玉米秸秆降解效果的影响

为了提高玉米秸秆中木质素的降解率,从腐烂的树枝和土壤中筛选木质纤维素酶高产菌株,以秸秆为唯一C源富集培养后,采用PDA-愈创木酚法进行初筛,筛选出产木质素酶真菌5株,然后以玉米秸秆为主要C源进行固态发酵和复筛。结果表明:第5号菌株在发酵玉米秸秆5 d后,使木质素的降解率达到最高(34.95%),粗纤维的降解率达到20.00%,显著高于其他4种菌株(P<0.05),其羧甲基纤维素酶比酶活达到116.35 U/g;10 d后,其木质素酶比酶活达到最高(45.64 U/g)。     

茅草菇菌丝球对铬黑T的脱色降解性能及毒性评价

【目的】利用真菌茅草菇菌丝球对染料铬黑T (EBT)进行脱色和降解,探究在不同环境条件下对染料脱色性能的影响及作用机制。【方法】采用单因素分析探究真菌的最佳脱色能力,分光光度法测定真菌酶活,小麦种子萌发、大肠杆菌接触抑制试验及秀丽隐杆线虫毒性试验测定脱色前后废水的毒性。【结果】茅草菇菌丝球受摇床温度和转速影响较小,在pH 5、28℃、120 r/min下,400 mg/L的EBT溶液脱色率为97.14%。研究表明,茅草菇菌丝球在脱色过程中主要分泌3种木质素酶,即木质素过氧化物酶、锰过氧化物酶和漆酶,其最大酶活分别为(134.15±9.93)、(64.1±2.98)和(12.43±0.34) U/L。推断了染料降解的潜在路径,证实EBT的去除是通过生物吸附与降解的协同作用实现的。最后对脱色后的染料废水进行了多级毒性评价,包括植物毒性、微生物毒性和动物毒性,结果表明,脱色后的染料废水毒性显著降低。【结论】该研究对探讨生物法处理工业染料废水具有重要参考价值。     

高产木质素酶荧光假单胞杆菌L-520的筛选及其发酵工艺优化

利用苯胺蓝鉴别培养基及产酶培养基进行菌种筛选,从甘肃兴隆山分离得到的10株菌株中筛选到一株高产木质素酶活力的菌株L-520,对该菌株进行16S rDNA鉴定,确定该菌为荧光假单胞杆菌(Pseudomonas fluorescens)。分别考察了接种量、装液量,初始pH对L-520发酵产酶的影响,以及碳源、氮源对木质素酶活力的影响。结果得到最佳培养基为:蔗糖1%,NH_4Cl 0.2%,KH_2PO_4 0.1%,MgSO_4?7H_2O 0.05%。优化后的发酵条件为:初始pH 5,接种量3%,装液量50%。经发酵工艺优化后,漆酶(Lac)、木质素过氧化物酶(LiP)、锰过氧化物酶(MnP)三种酶活分别为16.43 U/L,106.32 U/L,95.89U/L,与初始酶活相比分别提高了8.7、14.74、11.09倍。本研究筛选得到的荧光假单胞杆菌有助于染料废水中偶氮染料的降解。     

Ligninase production in agitated conditions by Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Abstract Extracellular H₂O₂-dependent ligninase activity of Phanerochaete chrysosporium was produced in agitated culture conditions when veratryl alcohol or veratraldehyde were added to the cultures. The enzyme production was suppressed by cycloheximide indicating that true protein synthesis occurred. The activated cultures were also able to degrade synthetic lignin. Reduction of veratraldehyde to corresponding alcohol during secondary metabolism was a good indicator of the effect of agitation on cell metabolism. Too high agitation speed led to complete inhibition of both the reduction reaction and the ligninolytic activity.     

Novel lignocellulolytic ability of Candida utilis during solid-substrate cultivation on apple pomace

Lignocellulolytic enzymes from conventional and non-conventional yeasts are not commonly studied, and they have never been described for Candida utilis species. After solid-substrate cultivation of C. utilis (CCT 3469) on apple pomace, degradation of cellulose, pectin and lignin fragments was observed. Production of the main lignocellulolytic enzymes by C. utilis was investigated and high activity for pectinase (239 U ml^–1) as well as a significant manganese-dependent peroxidase (19.1 U ml^–1) activity was found. Low cellulase (3.0 U ml^–1) and xylanase (1.2 U ml^–1) activities were also observed suggesting that C. utilis may have lignocellulose degradation ability.     

Polymerisation of lignins by ligninases from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Abstract Four major hemoproteins were purified by isoelectric focusing from an extracellular crude enzyme preparation, produced by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium under carbon-limited conditions. Both the crude enzyme and the purified proteins oxidised milled wood lignin, HCl-dioxane-extracted straw lignin and alkali straw lignin in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The oxidation resulted mainly in further polymerisation of the lignins and was enhanced by addition of veratryl alcohol to the reaction mixture. Alkali straw lignin was also polymerised by horseradish peroxidase, although veratryl alcohol had no influence on this reaction.     

Enzymatic scarification of Anacamptis morio (Orchidaceae) seed facilitates lignin degradation,water uptake and germination

• The seed coat of many species contains hydrophobic lignins, and in soil the action of microbial ligninases may contribute to release from dormancy. Laboratory use of ligninases to stimulate germination is promising because of the specific action on the seed coat, whereas chemical scarification agents may also corrode the embryo. We hypothesised that exposure of Anacamptis morio (Orchidaceae) seeds to fungal laccase would stimulate germination, and that the mechanism involves lignin degradation and increased imbibition.
• Germination capacity in vitro was quantified with 1 U filter‐sterilised laccase added to agar medium following autoclaving, compared to a 10% bleach solution (standard bleach surface sterilisation/scarification method used in orchid seed sowing). Lignin degradation was quantified using an optical method (phloroglucinol‐HCl staining) combined with image analysis, following experimental pre‐treatments involving immersion in laccase solution, distilled water (negative control) or bleach (positive control). Water uptake after experimental treatments was quantified as the proportion of seeds exhibiting visible uptake of an aqueous fluorochrome under UV excitation.
• Laccase stimulated a doubling of germination in vitro with respect to bleach surface sterilisation/scarification alone, from 23.7 to 49.8% (P = 0.007). Laccase and bleach methods both significantly decreased the optical signal of phloroglucinol (for laccase, to 79.9 ± 1.3% of controls; anova : F = 10.333, P = 0.002). Laccase resulted in a modest but highly significant (P < 0.0001) increase in water uptake with respect to the control (11.7%; cf 99.4% for bleach).
• Laccase scarification can stimulate germination of A. morio through a mechanism of targeted seed coat degradation. The results demonstrate the potential of this relatively non‐invasive enzymatic scarification technique.