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3718633 
Journal Article 
Mycoremediation (bioremediation with fungi) - growing mushrooms to clean the earth 
Rhodes, CJ 
2014 
Yes 
Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability
ISSN: 0954-2299 
26 
3 
196-198 
WOS:000345280700009 
Some of the prospects of using fungi, principally white-rot fungi, for cleaning contaminated land are surveyed. That white-rot fungi are so effective in degrading a wide range of organic molecules is due to their release of extra-cellular lignin-modifying enzymes, with a low substrate-specificity, so they can act upon various molecules that are broadly similar to lignin. The enzymes present in the system employed for degrading lignin include lignin-peroxidase (LiP), manganese peroxidase (MnP), various H2O2 producing enzymes and laccase. The degradation can be augmented by adding carbon sources such as sawdust, straw and corn cob at polluted sites. 
mycoremediation; fungi; bioremediation; white-rot fungi