<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">White rot fungi (WRF) are known to have the ability to degrade organic pollutants with a structure similar to lignin. Because of this, the degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners no. 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180 by substrate before fruiting (substrate) and/or after fruiting (SMS) from cultivated mushrooms <italic>Pleurotus ostreatus</italic>, <italic>Lentinula edodes</italic> and <italic>Agaricus bisporus</italic> was examined. The experiment was carried out in four replications for each treatment using a mixture of substrate/SMS and sandy soil with PCBs at a concentration of each congener at 50 and 100 μg kg−1 soil DW. The results indicate that degradation was dependent on substrate/SMS addition, the concentration of PCBs and time of incubation. The efficiency of PCB degradation was generally reduced with the number of chlorine atoms in the structure of congeners: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 or 180. In all combinations, degradation increased with incubation time. Degradation by SMS was lower in comparison to degradation by a substrate of the same mushroom. The degree of degradation of a single PCB after 12 weeks of incubation for <italic>A. bisporus</italic> ranged from 31.32 ± 1.52 to 83.91 ± 1.07%, while for <italic>P. ostreatus</italic> it was between 37.88 ± 2.54 and 78.29 ± 1.41%; for <italic>L. edodes</italic> it ranged from 17.38 ± 1.06 to 75.30 ± 1.46%. The best average degradation was confirmed for 20% SMS of <italic>A. bisporus</italic> at 50 μg kg−1 PCB.</abstract>

White rot fungi (WRF) are known to have the ability to degrade organic pollutants with a structure similar to lignin. Because of this, the degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners no. 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180 by substrate before fruiting (substrate) and/or after fruiting (SMS) from cultivated mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes and Agaricus bisporus was examined. The experiment was carried out in four replications for each treatment using a mixture of substrate/SMS and sandy soil with PCBs at a concentration of each congener at 50 and 100 μg kg−1 soil DW. The results indicate that degradation was dependent on substrate/SMS addition, the concentration of PCBs and time of incubation. The efficiency of PCB degradation was generally reduced with the number of chlorine atoms in the structure of congeners: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 or 180. In all combinations, degradation increased with incubation time. Degradation by SMS was lower in comparison to degradation by a substrate of the same mushroom. The degree of degradation of a single PCB after 12 weeks of incubation for A. bisporus ranged from 31.32 ± 1.52 to 83.91 ± 1.07%, while for P. ostreatus it was between 37.88 ± 2.54 and 78.29 ± 1.41%; for L. edodes it ranged from 17.38 ± 1.06 to 75.30 ± 1.46%. The best average degradation was confirmed for 20% SMS of A. bisporus at 50 μg kg−1 PCB.

Evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyl degradation through refuse from <italic>Pleurotus ostreatus</italic>, <italic>Lentinula edodes</italic> and <italic>Agaricus bisporus</italic> production

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Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

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White rot fungi (WRF) are known to have the ability to degrade organic pollutants with a structure similar to lignin. Because of this, the degradation of...

Evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyl degradation through refuse from Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes and Agaricus bisporus production

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2015

Páginas: 135 - 144

Recibido: 07 ago 2015

Aceptado: 03 oct 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fhort-2015-0023

Palabras clave
congener, mycoremediation, spent mushroom substrate, white rot fungi

© 2015 Monika Gąsecka et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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Evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyl degradation through refuse from Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes and Agaricus bisporus production

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2015

Páginas: 135 - 144

Recibido: 07 ago 2015

Aceptado: 03 oct 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fhort-2015-0023

Palabras clavecongener, mycoremediation, spent mushroom substrate, white rot fungi

© 2015 Monika Gąsecka et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
congener, mycoremediation, spent mushroom substrate, white rot fungi