Investigation of neomycin biodegradation conditions using ericoid mycorrhizal and white rot fungal species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the search for methods to biodegrade recalcitrant compounds, the use of saprotrophic fungi and white rot fungi, in particular belonging to the phylum Basidiomycota, has gained interest. This group of fungi possesses a battery of unspecific extracellular enzymes that can be utilized in the biodegradation of preferably phenolic compounds. In this work, it was investigated under which conditions the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor and the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Rhizoscyphus ericae (belonging to the phylum Ascomycota) could be used to biodegrade the antibiotic aminoglycoside neomycin at co-metabolic conditions in which external nutrients were supplied. Furthermore, it was also investigated whether a biodegradation could be accomplished using neomycin as the sole

SUBMITTER: Stenholm A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9554996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature