Mechanistics of trichloroethylene mineralization by the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor.
Chemosphere
; 70(3): 404-10, 2008 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17697698
ABSTRACT
The white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor degraded trichloroethylene (TCE), a highly oxidized chloroethene, and produced 2,2,2-trichloroethanol and carbon dioxide as the main products of degradation, based on the results obtained using [13C]-TCE as the substrate. For a range of concentrations of TCE between 2 and 20 mg l(-1), 53% of the theoretical maximum chloride expected from complete degradation of TCE was observed. Laccase was shown to be induced by TCE, but did not appear to play a role in TCE degradation. Cytochrome P-450 appears to be involved in TCE degradation, as evidenced by marked inhibition of degradation of TCE in the presence of 1-aminobenzotriazole, a known inhibitor of cytochrome P-450. Our results suggested that chloral (trichloroacetaldehyde) was an intermediate of the TCE degradation pathway. The results indicate that the TCE degradation pathway in T. versicolor appears to be similar to that previously reported in mammals and is mechanistically quite different from bacterial TCE degradation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Trichloroethylene
/
Water Pollutants, Chemical
/
Polyporales
Language:
En
Journal:
Chemosphere
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain