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Ligninolytic enzyme production by the white-rot fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes versicolor precultivated with different insoluble lignocellulosic materials (grape seeds, barley bran and wood shavings) was investigated. Cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium precultivated with grape seeds and barley bran showed maximum lignin peroxidase (LiP) and manganese-dependent peroxidase (MnP) activities (1000 and 1232 U/l, respectively). Trametes versicolor precultivated with the same lignocellulosic residues showed the maximum laccase activity (around 250 U/l). For both fungi, the ligninolytic activities were about two-fold higher than those attained in the control cultures. In vitro decolorization of the polymeric dye Poly R-478 by the extracellular liquid obtained in the above-mentioned cultures was monitored in order to determine the respective capabilities of laccase, LiP and MnP. It is noteworthy that the degrading capability of LiP when P. chrysosporium was precultivated with barley bran gave a percentage of Poly R-478 decolorization of about 80% in 100 s, whereas control cultures showed a lower percentage, around 20%, after 2 min of the decolorization reaction.
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Moredo, N., Lorenzo, M., Domínguez, A. et al. Enhanced ligninolytic enzyme production and degrading capability of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes versicolor . World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 19, 665–669 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025198917474
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