Lignin degrading white rot fungus, Trametes versicolor isolated from the logs of Acacia nilotica L.Del.sp. indica in the Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu, India. The fungus was used for the decolourization of azo dyes such as orange G, congo red and amido Black 10 B and also for colour removal from the dye industry effluents. Batch studies were conducted in a defined medium with pH-4.5. The r...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of coupling agent loading on the natural durability of wood flour/polypropylene composites against white-rot fungi (Trametes versicolor). The blend composites were prepared through the melt mixing of wood flour/polypropylene at 50% weight ratios, with various amounts of compatibilizer (0, 2 and 4 per hundred compounds (phc)) in hake internal m...

Electrochemical properties of two multiforms of laccase from Trametes pubescens basidiomycete (LAC1 and LAC2) have been studied. The standard redox potentials of the T1 sites of the enzymes were found to be 746 and 738 mV vs. NHE for LAC1 and LAC2, respectively. Bioelectroreduction of oxygen based on direct electron transfer between each of the two forms of Trametes pubescens laccase and spectr...

A new lignin-degrading basidiomycete, strain I-62 (CECT 20197), isolated from decayed wood exhibited both a high dephenolization activity and decolorization capacity when tested on effluents from the sugar cane by-product fermentation industry. It has been classified as a member of the Polyporaceae family. The major ligninolytic activity detected in culture supernatants of basidiomycete I-62 wa...

Phenol is one of the most common water pollutants found in industrial effluents. The phenol removal potential of a chemically modified macrofungus Trametes sp., was investigated in a batch system. The effects of particle size, pH, temperature, contact time and biosorbent dosage have been investigated. The optimum conditions for phenol removal were found to be particle size: 150-300 μm, pH: 6.0 ...