Screening and selection of fungi for bioremediation of olive mill wastewater

J. Mann; J. L. Markham; P. Peiris; N. Nair; R. N. Spooner-Hart; P. Holford

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Screening and selection of fungi for bioremediation of olive mill wastewater

J. Mann, J. L. Markham, P. Peiris, N. Nair, R. N. Spooner-Hart, P. Holford

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Olive mill wastewater (OMWW) is a significant pollutant and its phytotoxicity is attributed mostly to the phenols present. 220 fungi were screened for their ability to produce detoxifying enzymes and/or grow in OMWW. Four isolates, species of Cerrena, Byssochlamys, Lasiodiplodia and Bionectria were selected and compared against Phanerochaete chrysosporium for their ability to bioremediate OMWWin the presence of a competing indigenous microflora. For the first time we report that a Cerrena sp. achieved a 75% reduction of phenolics in OMWW and that, unusually, the reduction occurred within 2 h of the addition to the OMWW.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	567-571
Number of pages	5
Journal	World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-009-0200-6
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

bioremediation
environmental aspects
fungi
olive oil industry
phenols
phytotoxins
wastewater treatment

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Screening and selection of fungi for bioremediation of olive mill wastewater

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