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The ability of Pleurotus eryngii, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus pulmonarius and Pleurotus sajor-caju to degrade the aromatic pollutants 2,4-dichorophenol (2,4-DCP) and benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P] in liquid culture and microcosm (using wheat straw as growth substrate and sea sand as a xenobiotic carrier) was investigated by HPLC and ^1^4CO”2 release from labeled pollutants. We found that 100 @mM 2,4-DCP was very quickly transformed by the four fungi, disappearing 24 h after its addition to the liquid cultures. However, a 2-week incubation period was required to transform 100 @mM B(a)P up to 75% by P. eryngii and P. pulmonarius. Whereas the fungi were able to begin degradation of the two pollutants with high transformation rates, their complete degradation (mineralization) rates were very low. Mineralization of B(a)P in liquid cultures was only observed with P. eryngii and P. pulmonarius, although the four Pleurotus species studied were able to mineralize this compound in solid state fermentation (SSF). The ligninolytic enzymes laccase and versatile peroxidase (VP), together with aryl-alcohol oxidase (AAO) providing extracellular H”2O”2, were found in liquid cultures. Except AAO, these enzymes were also detected in SSF experiments. In order to investigate the role of ligninolytic enzymes in the process, their action on both pollutants (50 @mM) was studied in vitro in the absence and presence of redox mediators. As observed with the fungal cultures, 2,4-DCP was oxidized faster than B(a)P by both laccase (60% transformation after 6 h) and VP (100% transformation after 1 h). Moreover, laccase oxidation was strongly increased (up to 90% transformation after 3 h), by the presence of the mediators 2,2′-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) or 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT). In the case of B(a)P, the presence of ABTS or HBT was strictly required for oxidation by laccase (25% transformation after 8 h). Degradation of B(a)P was also observed in reactions with VP (40% transformation after 6 h). The results obtained suggest that Pleurotus species can be used in applications focused to the degradation of aromatic pollutants using wheat straw as a growth substrate, and provide the first evidence on the direct transformation of recalcitrant aromatic pollutants by VP.

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