| Title |
Isolation and characterisation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degrading fungi from a historically contaminated soil
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Microbial Cell Factories, January 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2859-8-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Valeria Tigini, Valeria Prigione, Sara Di Toro, Fabio Fava, Giovanna C Varese |
| Abstract |
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are widespread toxic pollutants. Bioremediation might be an effective, cost competitive and environment-friendly solution for remediating environmental matrices contaminated by PCBs but it is still unsatisfactory, mostly for the limited biodegradation potential of bacteria involved in the processes. Very little is known about mitosporic fungi potential in PCB bioremediation and their occurrence in actual site historically contaminated soils. In the present study, we characterised the native mycoflora of an aged dump site soil contaminated by about 0.9 g kg-1 of Aroclor 1260 PCBs and its changing after aerobic biotreatment with a commercial complex source of bacteria and fungi. Fungi isolated from the soil resulting from 120 days of treatment were screened for their ability to adsorb or metabolise 3 target PCBs. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 85 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 19% |
| Researcher | 14 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 37% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 16% |
| Engineering | 6 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 19 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
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