Decolorization of dyes using white-rot fungi and radical-generating reactions

Decolorization of synthetic dyes was performed using cultures of white-rot fungi producing ligninolytic enzymes and radical-generating reactions that could be involved in the mechanism of fungal decolorization. Among the white-rot fungi tested, Pleurotus ostreatus exhibited the highest decolorization rates, and also the highest production of laccase and Mn-peroxidase. P. ostreatus strain f6 gave 69% decolorization of Eosin Yellowish, 96% of Evans Blue, 75% of Phenol Red (all at 1 mM) and 88% of Poly B-411 (20 ppm) during a 14-day treatment. Treatment with Cu/succinic acid/H₂O₂ resulted in 96% decolorization of Evans Blue and Poly B-411 within 24 h. However, only 48% and 2% decolorization was achieved with Phenol Red and Eosin Yellowish, respectively. Similar decolorization rates were also obtained when Cu was replaced with Co. The results show that treatment of dye-containing solutions with both fungal cultures and biomimetic catalytic reactions results in decolorization.     

Biodecolourisation of some industrial dyes by white-rot fungi

Eight white-rot fungal strains were screened for biodecolourisation of eight dyes commercially employed in various industries. Decolourisation of Poly R 478 was used as a standard to ascertain the dye-decolourisation potential of various fungi. All the fungi tested significantly decolourised Poly R 478 on solid agar medium. When tested in a nitrogen-limited broth medium, Dichomitus squalens, Irpex flavus, Phlebia spp. and Polyporus sanguineus were better industrial dye decolourisers than Phanerochaete chrysosporium.     

Dye removal by immobilised fungi

Dyes are widely used within the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, printing, textile and leather industries. This has resulted in the discharge of highly coloured effluents that affect water transparency and gas solubility in water bodies. Furthermore, they pose a problem because of their carcinogenicity and toxicity. Therefore, removal of such dyes before discharging them into natural water streams is essential. For this, appropriate treatment technologies are required. The treatment of recalcitrant and toxic dyes with traditional technologies is not always effective or may not be environmentally friendly. This has impelled the search for alternative technologies such as biodegradation with fungi. In particular, ligninolytic fungi and their non-specific oxidative enzymes have been reported to be responsible for the decolouration of different synthetic dyes. Thus, the use of such fungi is becoming a promising alternative to replace or complement the current technologies for dye removal. Processes using immobilised growing cells seem to be more promising than those with free cells, since the immobilisation allows using the microbial cells repeatedly and continuously. This paper reviews the application of fungal immobilisation to dye removal.     

白腐真菌对酸性橙7的脱色降解

偶氮染料广泛应用于纺织、造纸和包装等行业,因其具有三致性、结构稳定且难降解,已成为染料废水处理的研究热点之一。本研究以白腐真菌作为脱色菌株,考察了不同白腐真菌对偶氮类染料酸性橙7(acid orange 7,AO7)的脱色降解,探讨了AO7染料的浓度、pH、温度以及脱色时间对染料脱色率的影响,同时应用紫外-可见光谱吸收法、红外光谱吸收法、高效液相色谱法和气相色谱-质谱法对AO7的降解产物进行分析,并对其产物进行植物毒性实验,以推断AO7可能的降解途径及其降解产物的毒性。结果表明:在pH 4.5、28℃条件下,刺芹侧耳(Pleurotus eryngii)和杂色云芝(Trametes versicolor)的混合菌丝脱色降解100 mg/L AO7,24 h脱色率可达93.46%。推测AO7可能的生物降解途径:AO7偶氮键断裂生成对氨基苯磺酸和1-氨基-2-萘酚;接着对氨基苯磺酸脱去磺酸基,生成对苯二酚;同时1-氨基-2-萘酚开环生成邻苯二甲酸和对羟基苯甲醛,之后进一步降解生成苯甲酸;最后对苯二酚和苯甲酸继续氧化成其他小分子中间体、H2O和CO_(2)。植物毒性实验表明,P.eryngii和T.versicolor混合菌丝对AO7脱毒效果较好。以上研究为探究白腐真菌在工业废水中降解偶氮类染料的应用奠定基础。     

Decolorization of textile dyes by whole cultures of Ischnoderma resinosum and by purified laccase and Mn-peroxidase

Ischnoderma resinosum produced extracellular ligninolytic enzymes laccase and MnP. The activity of laccase achieved the maximum on day 10 (29.4 U L⁻¹), the MnP on day 14 (34.5 U L⁻¹). Laccase and Mn-peroxidase were purified from the culture liquid using gel permeation and ion-exchange chromatographies. Purified Mn-peroxidase performed decolorization of all textile dyes tested (Reactive Black 5, Reactive Blue 19, Reactive Red 22 and Reactive Yellow 15). Laccase was inactive with Reactive Black 5 and Reactive Red 22, while all dyes were decolorized after addition of the redox mediators violuric acid (VA) and hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT). The culture liquid from I. resinosum cultures was also able to decolorize all dyes as well as the synthetic dyebaths in the presence of VA and HBT. The highest decolorization rates were detected in acidic pH (3–4).     

Decolorization of textile indigo dye by ligninolytic fungi

The indigo dye is extensively used by textile industries and is considered a recalcitrant substance, which causes environmental concern. Chemical products used on textile processing, which affect the environment through effluents, can be voluminous, colored and varied. Vat textile dyes, like indigo, are often used and dye mainly cellulosic fibers of cotton. Decolorization of this dye in liquid medium was tested with ligninolytic basidiomycete fungi from Brazil. Decolorization started in a few hours and after 4 days the removal of dye by Phellinus gilvus culture was in 100%, by Pleurotus sajor-caju 94%, by Pycnoporus sanguineus 91% and by Phanerochaete chrysosporium 75%. No color decrease was observed in a sterile control. Thin layer chromatography of fungi culture extracts revealed only one unknown metabolite of Rf=0.60, as a result of dye degradation.     

Modification of wheat straw lignin by solid state fermentation with white-rot fungi

The potential of crude enzyme extracts, obtained from solid state cultivation of four white-rot fungi (Trametes versicolor, Bjerkandera adusta, Ganoderma applanatum and Phlebia rufa), was exploited to modify wheat straw cell wall. At different fermentation times, manganese-dependent peroxidase (MnP), lignin peroxidase (LiP), laccase, carboxymethylcellulase (CMCase), avicelase, xylanase and feruloyl esterase activities were screened and the content of lignin as well as hydroxycinnamic acids in fermented straw were determined. All fungi secreted feruloyl esterase while LiP was only detected in crude extracts from B. adusta. Since no significant differences (P > 0.05) were observed in remaining lignin content of fermented straw, LiP activity was not a limiting factor of enzymatic lignin removal process. The levels of esterified hydroxycinnamic acids degradation were considerably higher than previous reports with lignocellulosic biomass. The data show that P. rufa, may be considered for more specific studies as higher ferulic and p-coumaric acids degradation was observed for earlier incubation times.     

Bio-remediation of colored industrial wastewaters by the white-rot fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Pleurotus ostreatus and their enzymes

The effect of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Pleurotus ostreatus whole cells and their ligninolytic enzymes on models of colored industrial wastewaters was evaluated. Models of acid, direct and reactive dye wastewaters from textile industry have been defined on the basis of discharged amounts, economic relevance and representativeness of chemical structures of the contained dyes. Phanerochaete chrysosporium provided an effective decolourization of direct dye wastewater model, reaching about 45% decolourization in only 1 day of treatment, and about 90% decolourization within 7 days, whilst P. ostreatus was able to decolorize and detoxify acid dye wastewater model providing 40% decolourization in only 1 day, and 60% in 7 days. P. ostreatus growth conditions that induce laccase production (up to 130,000 U/l) were identified, and extra-cellular enzyme mixtures, with known laccase isoenzyme composition, were produced and used in wastewater models decolourization. The mixtures decolorized and detoxified the acid dye wastewater model, suggesting laccases as the main agents of wastewater decolourization by P. ostreatus. A laccase mixture was immobilized by entrapment in Cu-alginate beads, and the immobilized enzymes were shown to be effective in batch decolourization, even after 15 stepwise additions of dye for a total exposure of about 1 month.     

Role of laccase in lignin degradation by white-rot fungi

Abstract Laccase is commonly found in white-rot fungi and catalyses the abstraction of one electron from the phenolic hydroxyl group to polymerize or depolymerize lignin model compounds. Laccase degrades both β-1 and β-O-4 dimers via C _α - C _β cleavage, C _α oxidation and alkyl-aryl cleavage. Also, aromatic ring cleavage may be detected following the action of laccase. Laccase can also oxidize non-phenolic compounds when primary mediators, such as 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate), are co-present. Laccase produces Mn(III) chelates which allow wood-decaying enzymes to penetrate wood cell walls. Laccase is considered to be capable of degrading lignin together with lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase.     

Vanillic acid metabolism by selected soft-rot,brown-rot,and white-rot fungi

Metabolism of vanillic acid, a product of lignin degradation, has been studied in selected representatives of soft-rot, brown-rot and white-rot fungi. All of the brown-and white-rot species examined decarboxylated vanillate to methoxyhydroquinone oxidatively. Mycelium extracts of all these fungi, except Pleurotus ostreatus contained high levels of an NAD(P)H-dependent vanillate hydroxylase. P. ostreatus also released ¹⁴CO₂ from ¹⁴COOH-vanillate but by a different mechanism possibly involving phenoloxidases. Most of these fungi also contained a dioxygenase which catalysed the intra-diol cleavage of hydroxyquinol (1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene) to form maleylacetate. No 3-O-demethylase activity was detected, and data indicate that in some of the fungi examined cleavage of the aromatic ring occurs without prior removal of the methoxyl group. None of the soft-rot fungi tested contained vanillate hydroxylase or hydroxyquinol 1,2-dioxygenase, but very low levels of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase were detected in mycelium extracts. Vanillate catabolism among members of this group occurs via a different route which may involve ring demethylation although no 3-O-demethylase activity was detected in this study. The enzyme NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase was demonstrated to exist in all the studied groups of fungi.     

Decolorization of textile dyes by enzymatic extract and submerged cultures of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pleurotus sajor-caju</Emphasis>

Pleurotus sajor-caju PS2001 was screened in Petri dish plates to assess the dye-decolorizing ability of industrial textile dyes. P. sajor-caju PS2001 was also cultivated in solid-state fermentation containing sawdust of Pinus sp. and wheat bran to obtain the enzymatic extract, showing laccase and manganese-peroxidase activity, which was used to test the capacity to degrade the textile dyes. Additional tests of decolorization were performed in liquid cultures. Anthraquinone-type textile dyes proved to be substrates for the enzymatic system of P. sajor-caju PS2001. Cultures in Petri dish plates showed that the anthraquinone dye Reactive Blue 220 can act as a redox mediator for the enzymatic reactions involved in the decolorization process, and enables the azo dye degradation. Reactive Blue 220 and Acid Blue 280 were completely decolorized in 30 min and 60 min, respectively, during the tests with precipitated enzymatic extract, while the azo dyes showed resistance to degradation. Additionally, in submerged cultures with dyes, veratryl alcohol oxidases and lignin peroxidase activities were observed. These results suggest that the strain P. sajor-caju PS2001 has great potential for use in the bioremediation technology of recalcitrant pollutant such as textile effluents.     

Production of phenol-oxidizing enzymes in the interaction between white-rot fungi

The role of the phenol-oxidizing enzymes, laccase and peroxidase, was examined in the fungus-to-fungus interaction in dual cultures. Among five white-rot fungi, the following predominance in competition was observed: Pleurotus ostreatus > Trametes versicolor ≧ Pycnoporus coccineus > Ganoderma applanatum > Schizophyllum commune. Both phenol-oxidizing enzyme activities were detected markedly at the confrontation region, and under the mycelia growing over other colonies more than in other areas of the dual culture. This property was most notably observed in the P. ostreatus cultures. The fungi that produce superior active phenol-oxidizing enzymes were predominant in the competition between confronting fungi, indicating that phenol-oxidizing enzymes relate to fungus-to-fungus interaction.     

Ligninolytic enzymes can participate in a multiple response system to oxidative stress in white-rot basidiomycetes: Fomes fomentarius and Tyromyces pubescens

The effect of menadione (MQ; 2-methyl-1,4-naphtoquinone) superoxide generating agent on the biological activity of two strains of white-rot fungi, Fomes fomentarius and Tyromyces pubescens, was determined. In this study 1 mM of MQ solution was added to 10-day-old idiophasic cultures. The application of MQ to F. fomentarius and T. pubescens cultures stimulated extracellular laccase (LAC) and manganese-dependent peroxidase (MnP) activities in comparison to the control values (without MQ). In the presence of MQ the concentration of oxalic acid in the medium of both fungi was dramatically decreased. MQ treatment also caused an increase of intracellular superoxide dismutase activity, formaldehyde and glutathione disulfide level in both strains. In the case of F. fomentarius, addition of MQ enhanced catalase activity. The rate of intra- and extracellular proteolysis decreased in F. fomentarius and increased in T. pubescens MQ treated cultures.     

白腐真菌染料脱色菌株的筛选及一色齿毛菌脱色条件的研究

以平皿培养方式对采集自中国和芬兰的白腐真菌菌株降解6种不同结构的人工染料的能力进行了筛选研究。在40株菌株中,黑管孔菌Bjerkandera adusta Y5012,一色齿毛菌Cerrena unicolor Y5002,硬毛粗盖孔菌Funalia trogii Y4997,香栓孔菌Trametes suaveolens D8325和云芝栓孔菌Trametes versicolor Y4946对刚果红、橙黄G、茜素红、结晶紫、中性红和亚甲基蓝均显示出较强的脱色能力。对一色齿毛菌Cerrena unicolor Y5002的液体培养脱色条件进行了研究,其最适碳源和氮源分别为蔗糖和麦芽浸粉;在不同橙黄G浓度下均获得较高的脱色率,因此浓度为500mg/L的橙黄G未对该菌的脱色能力产生抑制作用,而浓度为400mg/L茜素红则对其脱色作用产生明显抑制。对菌丝生物量和染料脱色率的研究表明,在不同碳源和氮源条件下,两者之间具有明显的正相关性。     

Changes to water repellence of soil caused by the growth of white-rot fungi: studies using a novel microcosm system

A microcosm system is described which permits assessment of the progressive growth of filamentous fungi through soil. We report on its application to measure the effects of Coriolus versicolor and Phanerochaete chrysosporium upon the sorptivity and water repellence of a mineral soil, measured using a miniature infiltration device. Both fungal species caused moderate sub-critical repellence. Since the pore structure was unaffected, the repellence was probably due to hydrophobic substances of fungal origin. This is the first report of changes in soil repellence caused by the growth of potential xenobiotic bioremediating fungi. The potential consequences are discussed.     

白腐真菌总DNA提取方法的研究

白腐真菌的巨大而广谱的生物降解能力使其在“三废”治理和环境修复中具有良好的应用前景。为寻求一种简便有效的白腐真菌总DNA的提取方法,在实验中分别采用蜗牛酶法、CTAB法、SDS法和蛋白酶K法进行操作,且对提取的DNA进行紫外吸收光谱和琼脂糖凝胶电泳（AGE）检测。通过对提取的总DNA浓度、纯度、实验操作过程以及试验成本等方面的比较与分析,得出蜗牛酶法是白腐真菌总DNA提取的理想方法。     

Extracellular Ligninolytic Enzymes in Bjerkandera adusta and Lentinus squarrosulus

Extracellular ligninolytic enzyme activities were determined in two white-rot fungi, Bjerkandera adusta and Lentinus squarrosulus. To investigate the activity of extracellular enzymes, cultures were incubated over a period of 20 days in nutrient rich medium (NRM) and nutrient poor medium under static and shaking conditions. Enzymatic activity was varied with media and their incubation conditions. The highest level of Aryl alcohol oxidase (AAO) was detected under shaking condition of both medium while Manganese peroxidase (MnP) activity was best in NRM under both conditions. AAO is the main oxidases enzyme in B. adusta while laccase plays important role in L. squarrosulus. MnP is the main peroxidase enzyme in both varieties.     

Influence of the enzyme equipment of white-rot fungi on the patterns of wood degradation

Abstract: In recent years a considerable amount of data have accumulated concerning the principal enzymes involved in wood decay by white-rot fungi and about their biochemical mechanism of action. Various strains of fungi and their mutants having different enzyme production were selected and the patterns of degradation resulting from their action on wood were examined by transmission electron microscopy. A correlation between the nature of the enzymes and the micromorphology of degradation was tentatively established based on a comparison between the respective patterns created by a wild-type strain and metabolic mutants in which a known activity was either enhanced or repressed. Results are illustrated with Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Dichomitus squalens and Phlebia radiata . In particular, the strong ability of manganese peroxidase and laccase to perform defibrillation of cellulose microfibrils is evidenced.     

三种白腐真菌脱色噻嗪染料亚甲基蓝

本研究通过含亚甲基蓝染料的固体培养基,从19株白腐真菌菌株中分离获得3个脱色能力较强的菌株,其在平板上的脱色圈大小分别为7.5cm、6.8cm和5.5cm。鉴定其为：云芝栓孔菌Trametes versicolor（ZT-197）,绒毛栓孔菌Trametes pubescens（ZT-230）和亚黑管孔菌Bjerkandera fumosa（ZT-307）。其中,ZT-230对染料亚甲基蓝的脱色能力最强,可以将染料浓度为50mg/L的100mL液体培养基在6d之内100%脱色,而ZT-197和ZT-307在接种第10天时的脱色率为98%和80%。同时测定了3株白腐真菌在降解染料过程中的漆酶、锰过氧化物酶和木素过氧化物酶3种酶活力的规律：ZT-197和ZT-230均可分泌Lac和MnP两种酶,ZT-307只分泌LiP。本研究说明绒毛栓孔菌ZT-197在印染废水治理方面具有较好的应用前景。