Activities of ligninolytic enzymes of the white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium and its recalcitrant substance degradability

The factors influencing the activities of extracellular ligninolytic enzymes synthesized by white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, were investigated by batch culture experiments. The LiP activity was maximal under the nitrogen-sufficient condition, compared with the activities under both conditions of the nitrogen-limited and nitrogen-excess. The manganese-dependent peroxidase (MnP) activity was highest under nitrogen-limited condition. Veratryl alcohol was found to be the most important substrate enhancing lignin peroxidase (LiP) activity in carbon-limited medium. The decolorization of azo dye (Reactive Red 22) by P. chrysosporium in the presence of both LiP and MnP under carbon-limited condition was greater than that in the presence of MnP under nitrogen-limited condition. Two chlorinated substances (2,6-DCP and MCPA) were degraded under conditions of nitrogen-limitation and notrogen-sufficiency, The azo dyes were also decolorized by the crude extracellular ligninolytic enzymes from P. chrysosporium. Copyright (C) 1996 IAWQ.