Authors: Tomas Drevinskas Rūta Mickienė Audrius Maruška Mantas Stankevičius Nicola Tiso Jurgita Mikašauskaitė Ona Ragažinskienė Donatas Levišauskas Violeta Bartkuvienė Vilija Snieškienė Antanina Stankevičienė Chiara Polcaro Emanuela Galli Enrica Donati Tomas Tekorius Olga Kornyšova Vilma Kaškonienė
Publish Date: 2015/12/11
Volume: 408, Issue: 4, Pages: 1043-1053
Abstract
The miniaturization and optimization of a white rot fungal bioremediation experiment is described in this paper The optimized procedure allows determination of the degradation kinetics of anthracene The miniaturized procedure requires only 25 ml of culture medium The experiment is more precise robust and better controlled comparing it to classical tests in flasks Using this technique different parts ie the culture medium the fungi and the cotton seal can be analyzed A simple sample preparation speeds up the analytical process Experiments performed show degradation of anthracene up to approximately 60 by Irpex lacteus and up to approximately 40 by Pleurotus ostreatus in 25 days Bioremediation of anthracene by the consortium of I lacteus and P ostreatus shows the biodegradation of anthracene up to approximately 56 in 23 days At the end of the experiment the surface tension of culture medium decreased comparing it to the blank indicating generation of surfactant compounds
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