Biotechnology Research International

Review Article

Involvement of the Ligninolytic System of White-Rot and Litter-Decomposing Fungi in the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Table 1

PAH degradation under submerged cultivation conditions.


PAH	Fungus	Metabolites	Enzymes	References

PHE	P. chrysosporium (WRF)	PHE-trans-9,10-dihydrodiol; PHE-trans-3,4-dihydrodiol; 9-phenantrol, 3-phenanthrol; 4-phenanthrol; 9-phenanthryl-D-glucopyranoside	Monooxygenase; epoxide hydrolase	[45]
		CO₂	ND	[53]
		PHE-9,10-quinone; 2,2′-diphenic acid	ND	[52]
		PHE-trans-9,10-dihydrodiol	Cytochrome P-450; MnP	[55]
	P. sordida (WRF)	ND	MnP	[56]
	P. ostreatus (WRF)	PHE-trans-9,10-dihydrodiol	Cytochrome P-450; epoxide hydrolase	[13]
	T. versicolor (WRF)	ND	ND	[20]
	Agrocybe sp. (WRF)	ND	ND	[57]
	Ganoderma lucidum (WRF)	ND	LAC	[58]

ANT	Agrocybe sp. (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone	ND	[57]
	B. adusta (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone	ND	[59]
	P. ostreatus (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone	MnP; LAC	[43, 44, 59, 60]
	I. lacteus (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone	ND	[48]
	Trametes versicolor	9,10-anthraquinone	ND	[12, 60]
	Coriolopsis polyzona (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone	ND	[60]
	P. chrysosporium (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone; phthalic acid; CO₂	LiP; MnP	[42, 60]
	Stropharia coronilla (LDF)	ND	MnP	[10]
	T. trogii (WRF)	9,10-anthraquinone	LAC	[61]

FLU	Agrocybe sp. (WRF)	9-fluorenol; 9-fluorenone	ND	[57]
	B. adusta (WRF)	ND	ND	[59]
	P. ostreatus (WRF)	ND	ND	[59]

PYR	I. lacteus (WRF)	Quinonic metabolites	MnP; Mn-inhibited peroxidase	[52, 62]
	P. ostreatus (WRF)	PYR-4,5-dihydrodiol	LAC	[22]
	P. ostreatus (WRF)	PYR-4,5-dihydrodiol; phthalic acid	LAC, VP	[22]
	Ganoderma lucidum (WRF)	ND	LAC	[58]

FLA	P. sordida (WRF)	ND	MnP	[56]

B[a]A	P. laevis (WRF)	Quinone metabolite	ND	[7]
	P. chrysosporium (WRF)	Quinone metabolite	ND	[7]
	I. lacteus (WRF)	B[a]A-7,12-dione; phthalic acid, 1,2-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid; 2-hydroxymethyl benzoic acid; mono- and di-methyl esters of phthalic acid; 1-tetralone; 1,4-naphthalenedione; 1,4-naphthalenediol; 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-hydroxynaphthalene	ND	[50]

B[a]P	P. chrysosporium	Quinone metabolite; CO₂	LiP; MnP	[11]
	Bjerkandera sp. (WRF)	Quinone metabolite	ND	[11]
	P. ostreatus (WRF)	Quinone metabolite	ND	[11]
	Stropharia coronilla (LDF)	Quinone metabolite; CO₂	LiP; MnP	[11]
	Stropharia rugosoannulata (LDF)	CO₂	MnP	[10]