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Table 6.2. Fungal mechanisms for enzymatic bioremediation of PAHs.
Fungi
Phylum
Substrate
Mechanism
References
Lasiodiplodia
theobromae
Ascomycota
Benzo(a)pyrene
Enzymatic cleavage
Cao et al. 2020
Phanerochaete
chrysosporium
Basidiomycota
Phenanthrene,
fluoranthene, and
benzo(a)pyrene
Enzymatic cleavage
Guo et al. 2019
Tolypocladium sp.
Xylaria sp.
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Pyrene Benzo(a)pyrene
Cytochrome P450
monooxygenase
Vasconcelos et al. 2019
Penicillium canescens
Cladosporium
cladosporioides
Fusarium solani
Talaromyces helices
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Benzo(a)pyrene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Fayeulle et al. 2019
Aspergillus sp.
Ascomycota
Naphthalene,
phenanthrene, and
pyrene
Intra and
extracellular
enzymes
Al-Hawash et al. 2019
Ganoderma lucidum
Basidiomycota
Phenanthrene and
pyrene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Agrawal et al. 2018
Penicillium oxalicum
Ascomycota
Anthracene,
phenanthrene,
dibenzothiophene and
dibenzofuran
Oxygenase enzyme
Aranda et al. 2017
Phanerochaete
chrysosporium
Basidiomycota
Pyrene
Aerobic fungal
enzymatic system
Aydin and Karacay
2017
Trichoderma
longibrachiatum
Ascomycota
Phenanthrene
Anerobic
biodegradation
Trametes polyzona
Ascomycota
Phenanthrene,
fluorene, and pyrene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Teerapatsakul et al.
2016
Pleurotus ostreatus
Basidiomycota
Fluorene and
fluoranthene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Pozdnyakova et al.
2016
Penicillium oxalicum,
Nigrospora oryzae
Aspergillus oryzae
A. aculeatus
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Ascomycota
Naphthalene and
phenanthrene
Endophytism
Kannangara et al. 2016
Phanerochaete
chrysosporium
Irpex lacteus
Pleurotus ostreatus
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycota
Anthracene
Ring cleavage
Jove et al. 2016
Pleurotus sajor-caju
Basidiomycota
Pyrene and chrysene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Saiu et al. 2016
Mycoaciella bispora
Basidiomycota
Anthracene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Lee et al. 2015
Punctularia
strigosozonata
Basidiomycota
Phenanthrene
Cytochrome P450
monooxygenase
Young et al. 2015
Pycnoporus sanguineus
Basidiomycota
Anthracene and pyrene
Cytochrome P450
monooxygenase
Zhang et al. 2015
Fusarium sp.
Ascomycota
Chrysene
Ligninolytic
enzymes
Hidayat and Tachibana
2015
Table 6.2 contd. ...