RESEARCH ARTICLE
Pyrene and Chrysene Tolerance and Biodegradation Capability of Pleurotus Sajor-Caju
Giuliano Saiu1, Stefania Tronci1, *, Massimiliano Grosso1, Enzo Cadoni3, Nicoletta Curreli2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 12
First Page: 24
Last Page: 35
Publisher ID: TOCENGJ-12-24
DOI: 10.2174/1874123101812010024
Article History:
Received Date: 23/01/2018Revision Received Date: 02/03/2018
Acceptance Date: 12/03/2018
Electronic publication date: 23/04/2018
Collection year: 2018
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
The present work focused on the biodegradation capability of a white-rot fungus, the Pleurotus sajor-caju, when exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Methods:
The research was carried out by using in vitro systems developed on Petri dishes, to evaluate the fungal tolerance to pyrene and chrysene, followed by experiments in liquid medium. The first experimental campaign was necessary to evaluate the conditions promoting fungal growth and tolerance (presence of surfactants, peptone, copper sulphate and lecithin) and it was designed and analysed using statistical techniques.
Results:
It was found that the fungal population growth is strongly inhibited by chrysene presence. On the other hand, pyrene had a mild negative impact on the mycelia growth, which seemed to be positively influenced by the presence of Tween 80 and copper sulphate. Starting from these results, the behaviour of Pleurotus sajor-caju in presence of pyrene was investigated in liquid medium. Results showed that the depletion of pyrene was evident during a period of 20 days, and removal efficiency was greater than 90%.