Bon Joon Gu 1, Min Sik Kim 1, Yin Man Kim 1, Seon Woong Kim 1, Won Hyeok Choi 1, Mi Hwa Lee 1, Hae Jin Cho 2 and Tae Soo Lee
1Jemulpo High School, Incheon 400-190, Korea
2Division of Life Sciences, University of Incheon, Incheon 406-772, Korea
Correspondence to tslee@incehon.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2012, 40(2):98-103.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2012.40.2.98
(Received June 18, 2012. Revised June 21, 2012. Accepted June 22 2012)
Published: June 30, 2012.
© The Korean Society of Mycology
This study has been conducted to screen the decolorization of 4 aromatic synthetic dyes and production of ligninolytic enzymes by 4 white rot fungi such as Bjerkanderia adusta, Cerrena unicolor, Pleurotus pulmonarius and Abortiporus biennis. It was found that B. adusta, C. unicolor, and P. pulmonarius have the ability to efficiently decolorize congo red and moderately decolorized amaranth and orange G in solid and liquid culture media. However, the decolorization rate of 4 synthetic dyes by A. biennis was relatively low. The decolorization of congo red, amaranth, orange G were related to the growth rate of the fungal mycelia in the solid medium. But, the all fungi tested did not efficiently decolorize methylene blue in the liquid culture media. To investigate the production of ligninolytic enzymes in media containing aromatic compounds, fungi were cultured in 1% naphthalene supplemented potato dextrose broth medium. All fungi tested had the capability to produce laccase, lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase, and B. adusta was the best ligninolytic enzymes producing white rot fungus among other fungi tested.
Decolorization, Ligninolytic enzyme, Synthetic dye, White rot fungi