Application of mushroom waste medium from Pleurotus ostreatus for bioremediation of DDT-contaminated soil

Adi Setyo Purnomo, Toshio Mori, Ichiro Kamei, Takafumi Nishii, Ryuichiro Kondo*

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Abstract

The ability of spent mushroom waste (SMW) from Pleurotus ostreatus to degrade 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) was investigated. DDT was degraded by 48% during a 28d incubation and 5.1% of the DDT was mineralized during a 56d incubation by SMW from P. ostreatus. The degradation potential in artificial DDT-contaminated soil was also investigated. The SMW from P. ostreatus degraded the DDT by 40% and 80% during a 28d incubation in sterilized (SL) and un-sterilized (USL) soils, respectively. [U-14C]DDT was mineralized by 5.1% and 8.0% during a 56d incubation in SL and USL soils, respectively. These results indicate that SMW from P. ostreatus is a medium which can be potentially used for bioremediation in DDT-contaminated environments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)397-402
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
Volume64
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010

Keywords

  • Biodegradation
  • Contaminated soil
  • DDT
  • Mineralization
  • Pleurotus ostreatus
  • Spent mushroom waste

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