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Recent developments in biodegradation of industrial pollutants by white rot fungi and their enzyme system

Overview of attention for article published in Biodegradation, March 2008
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Title
Recent developments in biodegradation of industrial pollutants by white rot fungi and their enzyme system
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Biodegradation, March 2008
DOI 10.1007/s10532-008-9185-3
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Muhammad Asgher, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Muhammad Ashraf, Raymond L. Legge

Abstract

Increasing discharge and improper management of liquid and solid industrial wastes have created a great concern among industrialists and the scientific community over their economic treatment and safe disposal. White rot fungi (WRF) are versatile and robust organisms having enormous potential for oxidative bioremediation of a variety of toxic chemical pollutants due to high tolerance to toxic substances in the environment. WRF are capable of mineralizing a wide variety of toxic xenobiotics due to non-specific nature of their extracellular lignin mineralizing enzymes (LMEs). In recent years, a lot of work has been done on the development and optimization of bioremediation processes using WRF, with emphasis on the study of their enzyme systems involved in biodegradation of industrial pollutants. Many new strains have been identified and their LMEs isolated, purified and characterized. In this review, we have tried to cover the latest developments on enzyme systems of WRF, their low molecular mass mediators and their potential use for bioremediation of industrial pollutants.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 4 <1%
Spain 4 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Saudi Arabia 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Other 3 <1%
Unknown 383 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 68 17%
Student > Bachelor 53 13%
Student > Master 50 12%
Researcher 48 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 34 8%
Other 66 16%
Unknown 82 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 109 27%
Environmental Science 65 16%
Engineering 38 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 32 8%
Chemistry 18 4%
Other 39 10%
Unknown 100 25%
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#7,454,427
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Outputs from Biodegradation
#61
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#28,503
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Outputs of similar age from Biodegradation
#3
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