Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY REVIEWS
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 25-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2019.12.001
Keywords
Biorefinery; Bioremediation; Distillery vinasse; High value-added goods; Ligninolytic fungi; Sustainable management
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- ANPCyT [PICT 2013-2016, PICT 2884-2014]
- Agroindustrial Experimental Station Obispo Colombres (EEAOC)
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council
- Tucuman National University Research Council (CIUNT)
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Agro-industrial wastes consist of various agriculture and food industry residues produced worldwide at an estimated rate of a thousand million tons per year. Vinasse is the main wastewater resulting from sugarcane bioethanol production. This agro-industrial effluent is highly polluting and, when discarded with no previous treatment, may cause nutrient imbalance and salt saturation in the soil as well as a reduction in photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems. Environmentally safe vinasse disposal requires reliable mechanisms, preferably involving the production of goods or services. Various cleanup technologies have been implemented and different microorganisms are being studied as viable remediation agents. Ligninolytic basidiomycetes, which have the ability to store, release and mineralize a wide variety of toxic materials and compounds, are a source of valuable biochemicals for agricultural and industrial uses. This review discusses the use of filamentous fungi in the bioremediation of distillery vinasses, their main characteristics, the enzymes implicated and the transformation processes involved in the production of several high-value biobased compounds. (C) 2019 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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