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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 324, Issue -, Pages 701-710Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.044
Keywords
Pleurotus ostreatus; Ligninolytic fungi; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Metabolites; Microbial community
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- Competence Center of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic [TE01020218]
- Czech Science Foundation [15-02328S]
- Institutional Research Concept [RVO: 61388971]
- Operational Programme Prague-Competitiveness [CZ.2.16/3.1.00/21516]
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The objective of this work was to test the PCB-degrading abilities of two white-rot fungi, namely Pleurotus ostreatus and Irpex lacteus, in real contaminated soils with different chemical properties and autochthonous microflora. In addition to the efficiency in PCB removal, attention was given to other important parameters, such as changes in the toxicity and formation of PCB transformation products. Moreover, structural shifts and dynamics of both bacterial and fungal communities were monitored using next-generation sequencing and phospholipid fatty acid analysis. The best results were obtained with P. ostreatus, which resulted in PCB removals of 18.5, 41.3 and 50.5% from the bulk, top (surface) and rhizosphere, respectively, of dumpsite soils after 12 weeks of treatment. Numerous transformation products were detected (hydoxylated and methoxylated PCBs, chlorobenzoates and chlorobenzyl alcohols), which indicates that both fungi were able to oxidize and decompose the aromatic moiety of PCBs in the soils. Microbial community analysis revealed that P. ostreatus efficiently colonized the soil samples and suppressed other fungal genera. However, the same fungus substantially stimulated bacterial taxa that encompass putative PCB degraders. The results of this study finally demonstrated the feasibility of using this fungus for possible scaled-up bioremediation applications. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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