Also: white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Fungi that degrade persistent pollutants. See also mycelium and radiotrophic fungi.
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Bumpus and colleagues showed the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium degraded DDT, PCBs, a dioxin, lindane and benzo[a]pyrene to carbon dioxide using its lignin-degrading enzymes.
As reported in: Bumpus, Tien, Wright et al. (1985). Oxidation of Persistent Environmental Pollutants by a White Rot Fungus. Science. doi:10.1126/science.3925550
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