Environmental Bioremediation of DDT-Contaminated Soil by Using the Mushroom Extract of L. edodes

Authors

  • Prathima G Department of Biotechnology, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore-524324, AP, INDIA
  • Vidya Prabhakar K Department of Biotechnology, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore-524324, AP, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5530/ctbp.2023.1.1

Keywords:

Biodegradation, Mineralization, DDT, Lentinus edodes, Contaminated soil.S

Abstract

Fungal extract of L. edodes was eval-uated to degrade DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichlo-roethane). Two grams of the dry weight of soil was artificially contaminated with 50 μL of 5 mM DDT in Dimethyl formamide (final amount: 0.25 μmol). The DMF evaporate was allowed to room temperature for 3 days and then mixed two grams of dry-weight fungal extract of L. edodes was added to the contaminated soil. The sam-ples were tested and analyzed by gas chroma-tography. Manganese peroxidase activity, lignin peroxidase activity, and laccase activity of fun-gal extracts were analyzed. The fungal extract significantly degraded DDT in the mixture. It was also observed that the extract has higher ligninolytic enzyme activity which has played a role in DDT degradation.  Read more...

The Fungal substrate of DDT de-grades 7d incubation (b) The fungal substrate of DDT degrades 28 d incubation.

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Published

20-02-2023

How to Cite

G, P. ., & K, V. P. . (2023). Environmental Bioremediation of DDT-Contaminated Soil by Using the Mushroom Extract of L. edodes. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 17(1), 603–608. https://doi.org/10.5530/ctbp.2023.1.1

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023): Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy

Section

Research Paper