Fungal Degradation of Lignin and Xenobiotics
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fungal degradation of lignin and xenobiotics (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, oil, surfactants, dyes, plastics); mycoremediation; ligninolytic enzyme (laccase, lignin peroxidase, Mn-peroxidase, versatile peroxidase); immobilization of enzymes and study of catalytic properties of immobilized enzymes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fungi are one of the most numerous and diverse groups of living organisms, which are an integral part of all aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Decomposing all kinds of organic materials, they play an important role in the ecology of the biosphere. Fungi have the ability to degrade polymers such as lignocellulose using extracellular enzymes. Their ability to degrade lignin results from the production of extracellular non-specific oxidative enzymes. Laccase, lignin peroxidase, Mn-peroxidase and versatile peroxidase are the main enzymes that depolymerize the complex structure of lignin and oxidize the resulting metabolites. In addition, the ability of fungi to form extended mycelial networks, the low specificity of their catabolic enzymes, and independence from using lignin or any pollutants as a growth substrate allow fungi to utilize a wide range of xenobiotics in addition to natural compounds. It is difficult to overestimate the participation of fungi in purifying the environment of xenobiotics. The announced Special Issue, entitled “Fungal degradation of lignin and xenobiotics”, invites reviews and experimental manuscripts addressing fundamental and applied studies of the fungal degradation/transformation of lignin and different xenobiotics, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, synthetic dyes, chlorinated compounds, endocrine disrupting compounds, plastics and many others. These studies may include molecular–genetic, physiological and biochemical aspects of degradation; data on key enzymes involved in degradation processes can also be presented. Special attention will be paid to the biotechnological uses of the degradative properties of fungi, including mycoremediation.
Dr. Natalia Pozdnyakova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- basidiomycetes
- ascomycetes
- white rot fungi
- degradation
- lignin
- xenobiotics
- laccase
- Mn-peroxidase
- lignin peroxidase
