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Title: | White Rot Fungi as Tools for the Bioremediation of Xenobiotics: A Review | Authors: | TORRES FARRADA, Giselle THIJS, Sofie RINEAU, Francois Guerra, Gilda VANGRONSVELD, Jaco |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Journal of Fungi, 10 (3) (Art N° 167) | Abstract: | Industrial development has enhanced the release into the environment of large quantities of chemical compounds with high toxicity and limited prospects of degradation. The pollution of soil and water with xenobiotic chemicals has become a major ecological issue; therefore, innovative treatment technologies need to be explored. Fungal bioremediation is a promising technology exploiting their metabolic potential to remove or lower the concentrations of xenobiotics. In particular, white rot fungi (WRF) are unique microorganisms that show high capacities to degrade a wide range of toxic xenobiotic compounds such as synthetic dyes, chlorophenols, polychlorinated biphenyls, organophosphate pesticides, explosives and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In this review, we address the main classes of enzymes involved in the fungal degradation of organic pollutants, the main mechanisms used by fungi to degrade these chemicals and the suitability of fungal biomass or extracellular enzymes for bioremediation. We also exemplify the role of several fungi in degrading pollutants such as synthetic dyes, PAHs and emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and perfluoroalkyl/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Finally, we discuss the existing current limitations of using WRF for the bioremediation of polluted environments and future strategies to improve biodegradation processes. | Notes: | Torres-Farradá, G (corresponding author), Univ Havana, Fac Biol, Dept Microbiol & Virol, Calle 25,455 Vedado, Havana 10400, Cuba. giselletf@fbio.uh.cu; sofie.thijs@uhasselt.be; francois.rineau@uhasselt.be; ggr@fbio.uh.cu; jaco.vangronsveld@uhasselt.be |
Keywords: | xenobiotics;white rot fungi;ligninolytic enzymes;bioremediation | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/42821 | e-ISSN: | 2309-608X | DOI: | 10.3390/jof10030167 | ISI #: | 001192862800001 | Rights: | 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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